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7th. Mangchirin, a woody district, governed by a woman, 
with a great mountain towards the west. 
10th. Bebe, a pagan village consisting of huts built of clay. 
11th. Mere, another pagan village; country woody. 
14th. Bati, a tribe of pagans of peculiarly light colour*, well 
made, and not marked by any incisions ; they wear 
an apron round the loins made of cotton, and dwell 
in huts built of clay ; they have only sheep, no 
horned cattle; they have shells for currency, and 
live at no great distance from the sea, in the direc- 
tion of which is seen a very large mountain. They 
have no firearms, but only spears, and their country 
abounds in elephants and wild pigs. 
I am happy to add that Thomas J. Hutchison, Esq., 
H. M.'s consul at Fernando Po, with whom I am engaged in 
active correspondence, is making diligent inquiries with re- 
gard to the tribes of whom I obtained information in the 
interior, through the missionary Mr. Anderson. These 
inquiries tend always more and more to corroborate my 
information. 
* Dr. Baikie (Appendix, p. 425.) says that the man from this 
tribe whom he met had a very black skin ; but nevertheless the 
greater part of the tribe may have a far lighter colour, although 
it is most probable that Dr. Baikie's informant would not acknow- 
ledge that, The specimens of the Bati language, which Dr. B. 
gives, seem to characterize a tribe entirely distinct from the Baya, 
or Bayong ; but nevertheless it is likely that there exists an original 
bond of affinity between these two people, and that they belong to 
one and the same stock, which we may call the Ba stock. It is 
very characteristic, that all the numerals given by Baikie com- 
mence with a " ba." 
