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4th. Koro-Mbana, another pagan village ; before noon. 
5th. The residence of A'dama Jikera (see above); at the 
same time. 
6th. Varvandu, a place situated on the south side of a river 
which informant calls the Faro, and which is crossed 
on branches of trees. Towards S.E. a mountain is 
seen. 
7th. Another place of A'dama Jikera, in a level country ; 
about noon. 
8th. Tibati. 
(c.) According to Mallem Katuri. 
1st day. Gunguti, a considerable Pullo place in a level 
country, the southern horizon alone being bordered 
by mountains. Early in the morning the broad 
river Faro is crossed, during the latter part of the 
rainy season and shortly afterwards, in boats, at other 
times of the year by fording. Arrive between two 
and three o'clock p.m. 
2nd. Pass the night out in a hilly country full of elephants 
and buffaloes, while the deleb-palm or gigina, and 
the gonda or Papaya predominate in the forest* ; 
arrive at two or three o'clock p.m. 
3rd. A village of the pagan Mbana, in a woody country, 
with mountains towards west and south. Road 
mostly keeps along the bank of a rivulet, which is 
said to join the Faro. Arrive between two and three 
o'clock P.M. 
4th. Hamlets of the pagan Mtimbere (?), who live on the 
summits of the mountains, the whole country being 
mountainous, and the road leading over the heights. 
* The prevalence of the Carica Papaya in this district, in the 
midst of the forest, is of very great interest. 
