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BDBEISSA. 
ultimatelj, the kingdom -vvas divided, and both divi- 
sions became a province of the King of Kabbah. 
Ederissa, more correctly “Ezu Issa,” lives at present 
at Barra, a town said to be about a day’s journey 
higher up on left bank, than Egga. Mamagia dwells 
above Kabbah, at a place called Lakuma or 
Sakuma. 
Sumozariki must be one of the most powerful chiefs 
in Central Africa. His present territory is great, and 
he is continually extending his power. He pays 
merely a nominal tribute to Bello the reigning sul- 
tan of Sokatu. His own exactions from the Kufis 
and Kakandas are upon a very different scale. 
The proper name of Ederisa, is Isa or Issa, and Ezu 
signifies King in the Nufi language. The proper 
mode of expression is therefore Ezu Issa, the King 
Issa; or Ezu Mamagia, the King Mamagia. There 
were several mallams on board this morning; mallams 
so called, but they could not read or write. What 
ministers of religion they must be ! No wonder that 
a moral gloom hangs over this country. Mr. Schon 
found, that though professing Mahometism, they knew 
little or nothing of its tenets, and expressed a strong 
the Filatalis from Nufi. Magia at once perceived his opportunity, 
and the P ilatahs again joined him, and again defeated Ederissa, and 
restored Magia. Magia was again deposed ; and it is probable that a 
Filatali ruler has been at Egga ever since. 
Bello, it is said, is dead, and was succeeded by his brother 
Atieko (?) 
