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land naturally free from wood, much cultivated, and 
looking like magnificent park scenery. 
The following is the substance of what was obtained 
from the Malam Sabah, and from other natives, respecting 
the Chadda,who were frequently questioned ; but the diffi- 
culty of getting anything like a clear account from them is 
beyond belief. It is necessary to cross -question in every 
possible way ; and when, after much trouble, there 
appears a dawning of a clear and connected account, 
some contradictory statement from another, or even the 
same party, will throw the whole into confusion. 
The chief next in power to the Attkh of Eggarah is 
the King of Fandah,* who is Jimmejeh, or Governor of 
the Chadda ; and the King of Koto’n K^rafi has the 
same power over the Niger. Both are said to be subject 
to the Saliki Baban, or great King, the Attah of Iddah. 
The river Niger is called in the Eggarah language 
Ujimmini Fu-fu, the ‘ white water the Chadda, 
Ujimmini Du-du, the ‘ dark water.’ These cha- 
racteristics are applicable to the turbid state of the one, 
and the clearness of the other. In the Nufi language, 
they are called respectively Furodo and Furoji. In 
the Haussa, the former is known as the Guli-ba’n 
Kowara; and at Sego, in the Bambarra country, where 
Mungo Park first saw it, the natives named it Joliba. 
All these are probably generic terms ; it has, therefore, 
* This city was visited by Mr. Laird and by Captain W. Allen 
on the former Expedition. 
