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KAKANDA PEOPLE, 
as determined by them with the barometer ; this agreed 
very nearly with Allen’s trigonometrical measurement of 
the former Expedition: he was then very desirous, during 
the long period passed at the foot of this mountain, to 
ascend it, and made several attempts on a pony, 
which want of strength always obliged him to abandon. 
The inhabitants of this district are of the Kakanda 
nation, and they wage continual war with the natives 
of the plains, for the purpose of making slaves, a speci- 
men of which was witnessed in 1833. From this 
locality, a magnificent view presents itself of both the 
Niger and Chadda, their tortuous course abruptly merg- 
ing into one broad and bright expanse of water at 
the confluence, while the distance was bounded on all 
sides by mountains. 
On this elevation, the Kakanda people have two 
small towns, and also a village at the base of the 
northern side of the mountain, which is there somewhat 
precipitous. The inhabitants of this romantic situation, 
form a little state, totally independent of the neigh- 
bouring tribes. Their great enemies, the Filatahs, 
however, keep them in a continual state of apprehension 
and uncertainty ; scarcely a year passes without a 
predatory visit, but such is the attachment of the 
natives to their mountain home, that they cannot be 
persuaded to leave it permanently, and although some- 
times obliged to make a temporary migration, they in- 
variably return. 
They are mostly small, well-made, active men, the 
