ITINERARIES THROUGH a'dAMA'wA.      587
 

iron),  Tsauni, Kola (" uri-n-sarauta," " the seat of [the

old]  government," wrhere  all the rulers of the country are

buried),  S6fo-n-gari,  Gambana,  Lajewa,  Zibbek, Mashe-

ma,  Bangarati,  Sirko,  Gambaki, Kawada,  Machi-n-kaya,

Dingaya,  gari-n-Mallinzaki,  Hirfi,  U'ngoba or  Ngoba,

Gadaraima,  Kondoko, Rasawu,  Korko, Barring, Manako,

Wodufa, Tsogti,  Kurnokay, Lafiya  gari-n-Berdagtingome

(da-n-ghaladima Shera), Lanzedoguwa, Ajangara,  Zammaga,

Fogo,  Sawi sheli-n-jika-n-Mallinzaki (the  residence of the

grandson of Mallinzaki), Yayu, Dagaro,  Ktikoki, Bilka-

chuwa,  Fari-n-ruwa, Kosome,  A'rzamti,  Yakase,  A^otu,

Uzum Zandan, Jegas, Chokkoti, Chafago, Degagito, Gali-

namari, Kadiya, Jandogo, Zagaria, Goran, Nasarawa, Killa.

  I now subjoin the short itinerary from Shera to  Yakoba,

west a little south.

  1st day.  Between one  and two  o'clock  p.m.  arrive at

        Fagam, a place larger than Shera, surrounded with

        a clay wall, being the frontier-town of the  province

        of Kano towards the S.E.  The country  is flat.

  2nd. About eleven o'clock a.m.  arrive at  Ganjuwa, a large

        open  place belonging to the province of Bauchi.

        All the houses, or rather huts, are built of reed, only

        that  of  the governor  consisting of clay.    The

        country  mountainous, with many springs and pools

        of water; large numbers of palm-trees.

  3rd. About  aser arrive  at Yakoba;  the country moun¬

        tainous.





   1Y. — Collection of Itineraries passing through the

             various Districts  of Adamawa.



   In endeavouring to describe the country by means of this

 net of routes, traversing it in every direction  and thus con¬

 trolling each other, it will be the best course first to  con¬

 nect Yola, the furthest point which I  have been  able to lay