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9. “ The tribes who inhabit Noofee, it is said, were originally from Beni ; others say 
from Takra; and some assert that they came from the middle of the river, perhaps an 
island. Their first town was Jemma; but afterwards they inhabited Kafath or Kifath, 
Ayaki, Karkena, and the eastern Kowara, by a river called Matny. They had also 
Kasoo or Kashoo, Zeer, the west of Malee or Moulee, Abyou, and Wada. 
“ The river of Kowara runs through mountains, and a great many woods and 
forests ; and has mountains on the north and the east. This great river issues from 
the Mountain of the Moon ; and what we know of it is, that it comes from Sookan to 
Kiya, to Ivabi, to Yaouri, to Boossa, toWa-wa, and to Noofee; but in that place there 
is another river which springs from Zirma, to Ghoober, to Zeffra, to Kory or Koora, 
and then enters Noofee; its name is Ivaduna. On the north of it Kanbari lies; on the 
east is Kory; on the south are Cankan and Kafath ; and on the west is Bassoa, or Bashvva. 
About the centre of it is the kingdom of Noofee, with that of Abyou. 
“ Noofee was once subject to the F elans; but when Edrees, a prince of the F elans, 
ruled over it, and committed so many excesses as even to violate its virgins, the people 
rose up against him, sword in hand, and freed themselves; and thus they are now at 
war with the F elans. Amongst them there are Mahomedans ; but the greater part are 
infidels, without either religion or law : they are drunkards and oppressors ; they neither 
pray, nor worship any god. They walk with you during an hour as friends, while in 
the next they do not hesitate to kill you. When one of them dies, they fasten the arms 
across the chest, place the body in a sitting position in the grave, and one of them lies 
by it, while another sits at the entrance. They have a large and extensive cavern, in 
which they place their dead ; but those who guard this cavern, though they are some- 
thing like priests, are the most depraved persons. They sometimes send messengers to 
call the relatives of the dead, enjoining them to bring with them the best of every thing 
they have ; and when these innocent people arrive at the cavern, they are immediately 
plundered of what they take there ; and if they be females, their chastity is violated. 
“ This is the life and habits of these infidel Pagans ; and consequently the roads 
about Noofee are very dangerous and perilous. 
“ When their king dies, they enter his house, and live in it.” 
N. B. — It is proper here to observe, that the above two papers, Nos. 8 and 9, are 
written, or rather scrawled out, unorthographically and ungrammatically, and their com- 
position is no more than a sort of incoherent jargon. The translation, therefore, I have 
given of them is mostly made out by conjecture. There is no doubt, however, that 
Clapperton, who made some residence among these people, has given some further 
account of them. 
A. S. 
