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and gold lace. On the same day they reached the town 
of Zagoshi, opposite Rabba, and the second Fellatah 
town beyond Socoto. 
“ Rabba,” says Lander, “ . . . . seen from Zagoshi, 
appears to be a large, compact, clean, and well-built 
MOUNT KESA. 
town, though it is unwalled, and is not otherwise fenced. 
It is irregularly built on the slope of a gently-rising hill, 
at the foot of which runs the Niger ; and in point of 
rank, population, and wealth, it is the second city in 
the Fellatah dominions, Sackatoo alone being considered 
as its superior. It is inhabited by a mixed population 
