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ANNO. 
the fcft side of the still water just alluded to ; behind 
it rose a few hillocks, with much cultivation ('Sorghum 
vulgarej, amongst which single trees of a moderate 
height, were interspersed. 
All the country to the eastward of the Niger at this 
part is called Iho, or Ibu, but is independent of Obi. 
Our interpreter, Simon Jonas, was a native of this dis- 
trict. He said that each town has its own separate chief. 
The principal place of worship is called Anno ; and is 
much larger than Aboh. The houses are high. The 
general trade is in slaves frop the interior. The town 
is situated on the banks of the River Imrao, which, 
above, flows through a rocky country ; the water is 
clear, and very rapid. Canoes can communicate with the 
River Immo at Anno, by means of connecting creeks from 
Abbh, by way of n’Doki. This river is probably the old 
Calebar, or Cross, explored by Beecroft in 1841. At the 
nearest point on that river, about seventy miles due east 
from the Niger at Onechah, there is a town called by that 
experienced navigator Acoono-coono ; above which the 
river actually passes through a rocky country. The 
clearness of its waters would appear to indicate its pas- 
sage through a lake higher up. Above Anno, Simon 
Jonas called it Abain-him, “ the meeting of the waters.” 
His account was confirmed by another native of that 
country. 
Abreast of the Onechah River was an island or sand- 
bank, then ovei-flowed, where the market called Oniah, 
or Kiri, before alluded to, is held. Near it, at Assaba, the 
natives of Benin come to trade by land. They have no 
