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ing claim himself to a handsome present than ac- 
knowledging the demands made upon him by my 
companions for hospitable treatment. The most in- 
teresting feature about this petty chief was his name, 
which reminded one of the more glorious times of the 
Songhay empire, for he called himself Farma-E'rkezu- 
izze " farma " being, as I have said on a former 
occasion, the princely title of a governor ; " izze " 
means son, E^rkezu being the name of his father. 
It was also highly interesting to me to observe that 
these Songhay, the inhabitants of Kenddji as well 
as those of Ayoru, call themselves, in their native 
language, Kado (in the singular) and Hdbe (in the 
plural form) ; a name which the Fiilbe have made use 
of to indicate, in general, the Kohelan, or the native 
black population of all the regions conquered by them- 
selves ; and it seems almost as if the latter had taken 
the name from this tribe. 
Besides these Songhay, we also received a visit from 
a Tarki gentleman of the name of Misakh, son of Ellek- 
ken, and nephew of Sinnefel, the chief of the rmelig- 
gizen of A'ribinda. These people are on hostile terms 
with their brethren in A^issa, where the populous dis- 
trict Amara is situated, and thus, fortunately, under- 
mine their own strength, which is only employed in 
the way of mischief, although they are still strong 
enough to lay heavy contributions upon the poor 
Songhay inhabitants of these distracted shores. They 
had levied, the preceding year, a tribute of four 
horses on the people of Kendaji, and a camel, together 
