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one branch leading N.E. in two short days to Te- 
nengu, the original capital of Masina, passing by 
Tumura, a large district inhabited by Fulbe.* 
6th. Somogiri, a considerable place inhabited by Bambara 
of the country. 
7th. Diggisere, an important Bambara town, at some miles 
distance S.W. from Tenengu, the road leading to 
which place, and from thence to Ya-salame, whither a 
person may also proceed from Diggisere (see above), 
informant has left on his right. Country open, 
adorned with zizyphus. 
8th. Fetokole, a small place. The country rich in trees, 
the principal produce consisting in rice and cotton. 
9th. Kare, a Bambara town, governed by an officer of the 
name of Bugoni. The country hereabouts rich in 
cattle and camels, but the wells are said to have an 
enormous depth, according to informant not less than 
sixty fathoms. Cotton strips are the standard cur- 
rency of the market. 
14th. Sokolo, a town inhabited by Bambara people, but be- 
longing to Masina. Between the two stations you 
traverse for five days an open country inhabited by 
Arab tribes, as theWelad Said, the Welad ' Alush and 
the Gelagema,and rich in elephants, giraffes, and buf- 
faloes, abundance of water being found in stagnant 
pools. On the second day of this march you leave 
the town of Kala on your left. 
19th. Alaso or Alassa, a place belonging to Baghena, and 
inhabited by the Welad 'Omran. The country 
which you traverse is thickly covered with trees, and 
is the abode of the Nimadi, a wild set of people, who 
are stated by my informant to possess nothing but 
* An interesting account of this district is given in Hodgson's 
Notes on North Africa," p. 70, from the information of a slave 
in the United States. 
