ROUTES THROUGH BA GHENA— Continued. 497 
From Murja to Mekoye, 
1st day. Gellu, a considerable place. It was formerly de- 
pendent upon Murja, but it has succeeded in making 
itself independent, while the latter place lay deserted 
and waste for nearly four years, and it has also pre- 
served its independence since the rebuilding of 
Murja in 1852-3. Several towns or villages in the 
neighbourhood belong to Gellu. 
2nd. Debala. Pass on the road many kstir or small 
towns. 
3rd. Mekoye. A long day. 
I here add a few less distinct data with regard to this 
region from the information of Daud. 
Between Marikoire (probably identical with Mekoye) and 
Debala, the following towns and villages: Belala, Dunde, Side, 
INawelenna, Kalumbu, a Bambara place, Debala. 
Between Debala and Dinga, on a route of a little more 
than a day's journey, are the following places : Waltere, 
Marenna, Sirankoro, Towa, Dochere, Dinga. Dinga is said 
by this informant to be the abode of the A'hel Yeggara, a 
tribe of Bambara. 
Between Marikoire and Danfa, in a direction from west 
to east, two and a half days' fast, or four days' slow tra- 
velling: Bule, Tolokkoro, Sele, Bulo, Bane, Tunturubale, 
Kossa, Barakoro, Bassala, two considerable villages or kstir, 
inhabited by Bambara people, Bankorondugu, Danfa. 
Between Danfa and Debala, a two days' journey north, 
lie the following places : Dogoye, A'rsa, Marenna, Nambara, 
Babanuru, Mariam-Babanuru, Jeraudu, Bongel, Debala. 
Between Ya-salame and Sokolo, a three days' journey : 
Nyenchelle, Nyarinyarinde, Kare (see below), Urli, Sokolo ; 
a long uninhabited tract intervening between the last two 
stations. 
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