GEOGRAPHY. 188 
there is no eountrj of that name, but that it is merely an epithet, 
synonymous with the barbarian of the Greeks and Romans, which 
they apply to all the people of the interior but themselves, and 
imphes an ignorant fellow. I first suspected this from observing 
some Dunkos were cut in the face, and some not, and I presently 
discovered their vernacular languages were various, and unintel- 
ligible to each other. Generally speaking, the bush or country 
people of Bagwumba have three hght cuts on each cheek bone, 
and three below, with one horizontal under the eye; those of 
Yahndi, three deep continued cuts; the people of Mosee, three 
very deep and long, and one under the eye ; those of Bornoo are 
frequently cut in the forehead ; of Marrowa all over the body in 
fine, small, and intricate patterns. In Fobee, Kumsallahoo, and 
Calanna, the lower orders have a hole bored through the cartilage 
of the nose. These cuts are made during infancy, to insinuate 
fetish liquids to invigorate and preserve the child. 
Nine journies northward of Kong is Kaybee, the King of which, 
named Mamooroo, killed the former monarch Dabbira. The 
country was said to be very populous, the capital behind a mountain 
called Beseeree, the soil chalky, and asses as numerous as horses. 
Three journies from the frontier of Kaybee, over a large mountain 
called Seboopoo, and across a large river, is Kayree, through 
which country it is very dangerous to pass, the people laying in 
ambush in small parties to rob or kidnap travellers, and subsisting 
by rapine. Five journies thence is Garoo (probably Gago*) a very 
powerful kingdom, the King, Batoomo, lives at Netaquolla. 
Twenty journies beyond is the kingdom of Doowarra, the people 
of which are indifferent warriors, but superior agriculturists, and 
* Gago oppidum amplissimum nuUis quoqiie cingitur muris, distat a Tumbuto 
meridiem versus quadringentes fere passuum millibusj inclinatusque fere ad-Euroavistrum. 
Leo Af. 
