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KAKANDAH. 
Kakaiiclah country, who is styled King by his people, 
although subject to the Attah of Iddah. At the 
death of a king, the Attah can appoint any one 
he pleases, but he generally selects a Kakandah man 
for the office. Circumcision is pei’formed when the 
children are three or four months of age. The opera- 
tors on these occasions are mallams from Egga, who are 
paid according to the circumstances of the parents of 
the children. The mallams profess to teach the people ; 
but no one seemed to know what books they used. 
During the period of the Jewish ritual, sheep, 
goats, and fowls are slain in abundance. They de- 
clared that they never performed human sacrifices, 
although they admitted that the Attah of Iddah 
occasionally did so. 
They said the river would not rise any higher this 
season ; and that in three months it woidd be quite low. 
Small pox and dysentery occasionally prevail in 
Kakandah; especially during very dry seasons. For 
the cure of dysentery, they prepare medicine from the 
root of a plant, the native name of which is LabojI. 
The articles sent from this place to the Gori market 
are, tobacco, camwood, and ivory ; for these they get 
in exchange, cowries, rice, and salt. 
The day throughout was beautiful, but extremely 
hot; a tornado, however, came on in the evening, 
with very heavy rain, which cooled the atmosphere. 
September 22nc?.— This morning the transparency 
of the atmosphere was remarkable ; the most minute 
