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^hich her husband may have possessed, and the sons inheriting his 
arms, implements of agriculture and land. The favourite occu- 
pation of the men is hunting ; and they indiscriminately eat the 
flesh of the elephant, rhinoceros, buffalo, deer, snake, rat, or 
whatever else they can procure. The rhinoceros of this country 
has invariably two horns. 
The arms of these savages consist of spears, shields, bows and 
arrows, and the tribe is continually engaged in war with the 
people of Metikul and Banja, who frequently invade the coun- 
try for the express purpose of procuring slaves. When the Dez- 
zela take any prisoners, they tie their legs, and employ them 
either in making cloth or manufacturing iron ; and, if incapable 
of work, they kill them. A strong people called Dippura resides 
in the interior of the Dabanja country. He spoke familiarly 
of the Duggala mountains ; and said they were on the opposite 
side from Darfoor, and mentioned a mountain called Yiba Hossa, 
to which his countrymen are accustomed to retire, when pressed 
by an enemy. Several rivers, called Quoquea, Pusa, Kuossa, and 
Popa, flow through these districts, which are all said to run in 
the same direction as the Bahr el Abiad. It is three days journey 
from the last mentioned river to the Kuossa, and one from the 
Kuossa to Piisa ; the other lying still farther in the interior. 
The only musical instruments in use among them are trumpets, 
made of the horn of the agazen, pipes formed of bamboo, and a 
kind of lyre with five strings, called '^junqua," of which a sketch 
is given in one of tlie annexed plates. The man who gave me 
this information said, that the music of a large junqua was 
delightful, and seemed quite exhilarated at the bare recollection 
