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mendation, one to the governor of Kan6, one to that 
of Bauchi, one to that of A'damdwa, and one in a 
more general sense, addressed to all the governors of 
the different provinces in his empire. Thus I took 
leave of him and his court, probably never to see 
that region again, and lamenting that this extensive 
empire, which is so advantageously situated for a 
steady intercourse with Europeans, was not in the 
hands of an energetic chieftain, who would be able 
to give stability to conquest, and to organise the go- 
vernment of these provinces, so richly endowed by 
nature, with a strong hand. 
Thursday, about thrcc o'clock in the afternoon 
October 6th. ^j^g^^ J ^qq]^ jjjy £^^1 IcaVC of Wumo. I 
had twice resided in this capital for some length of 
time, experiencing, on the whole, much kindness. On 
my outward journey I had been furnished on my dan- 
gerous undertaking with a strong and powerful recom- 
mendation ; and on my return, although I had come 
into hostile contact with another section of the same 
tribe to which the inhabitants of this country belong, 
I had been again received without the least suspicion, 
had been treated with great regard, notwithstanding 
the exhausted state of my finances, and allowed to 
pursue my home journey as soon as the season re- 
opened the communication with the neighbouring 
province. 
Following now quite a different and more south- 
erly road from that which we had pursued on our 
outward journey, we encamped this day in Dan- 
