Nye.
Batamáne.
Sáyo, distant half a day’s journey from the Batamáne, towns close to the
bank of the river becoming here more rare.
Wáñaka, where the two branches unite, being joined besides by a small
westerly creek, called by some Máyo Fenga.
Hombólbe, the principal seat of the Kórongoy or Surk, who also
constitute the chief inhabitants of the places Ngárruwe and Toy.
Karashíru.
Kara-úra.
Neménte, and not far from it inland, the village called “rúgga Bóde.”
Náta.
Kammi.
Móbti or Isáka, situated at the point of junction of the two branches of
the river, which have divided at Jafarábe, a low point of land, as it
seems, separated by the river into a group of six islands, where all the
boats coming from Hamda-Alláhi and the lower river, and proceeding to
Sansándi, are obliged to disembark their merchandise, which,
henceforward has to be transported on the back of donkeys to the place
of its destination. Of these two branches the north-western[68] one
bears also the name of Máyo Jágha, from a very important place, the
celebrated Zágha of the Arab geographers, which on account of its
situation out of the great commercial track is at present not very
generally known in those quarters. The original form of the name both
with Songhay and Fúlbe, seems to be Jáka or Jágha; but the letters Z and
J are continually interchanged. The town is said to lie at the distance
of one and a half day S.W. from Sáre-dína, “the city of the (Mohammedan)
religion,” and only half a day N.E. from Jafarábe[69], and is still
celebrated on account of its excellent “tári” or “leppi.”
I here add a short list of the towns and villages between Kúna, the
place where the river is ordinarily crossed in proceeding from Sofára to
the island of Másina Proper, and Móbti:—From Kúna, about six miles E.,
is Néma, situated on the E. side of the river; from Néma, Tikkétiá, on
the W. side of the river; Sáre-béle, on the E., Sáre-méle, on the W. of
the river, N. of Tikkétiá; Gómi, a large town on the bank of the river;
Móbti, on the E. side, with large fortifications, if I have understood
right, of an ancient date, where the two branches join; Nymitógo, on the
E. side of the river.
The distance from Tenéngu, is also a day and a half, and between them
lie the following places, beginning with Tenéngu:—Takanéne, Chúbe, a
hamlet inhabited by slaves, Kumbel, Ingelléye, Taíkiri, Kóllima, and
Warángha.