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with regard to the identity of which with the Deve 
I am not quite certain. 
iv. From Chdmba to Bdya by a loestern road. 
1st day. Lamorde, the place mentioned above, having 
crossed the river Faro immediately on setting out. 
2nd. Gabdomana, a pagan village, with a rumde ; the name 
probably has some connection with that of the chief 
Kabdo or Gabdo. 
3rd. Encamp in the wilderness. 
4th. Bere, a pagan village on the top of a hill, and at a 
short distance northward a village inhabited by 
.Kanembu and Kanuri. The country is intersected 
by small rivulets. 
5th. Rumde Ngaundere, a small slave-village. 
6th. Ngaundere, the principal place in the country of the 
Mbum, surrounded by a low wall, and containing 
a few houses of clay, and the residence or joro of 
Hamed, who governs the country as far as Bun- 
dang, and is said to be able to bring 500 horse 
into the field. It is situated at the western foot of a 
hill, while towards the west there rises another hill. 
The people unanimously state that the place is 
situated exactly south from Chdmba. The country 
produces Sorghum vulgare,^ peculiar sort of sorghum 
called matha, rice, and cotton. 
7th. Katil, in a mountainous district. During the firs # t part, 
of this day's march, the direction being S.E., the 
river, which runs here from east to west, is close on 
the right of the traveller ; it is called Mayo Nelbi, 
and joined by another smaller one, called Njarang. 
During the latter part of the rainy season even here 
it can be crossed only in boats. However, this is 
not the direct road, but a great circuit ; a traveller 
who follows the direct road from Bere arrives in one 
