Note 144 — CHAP. XXXVII.
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About eight miles S.W. from this is a place called Bála, originally belonging to the Marghí, but at present inhabited by Kanúri people. Towards the east, at no great distance, is the town of Úzo, belonging to that division of the Gámerghú whose chief resides in Degímba; E.N.E., at the distance of two days, is the walled town of Gáwa, the residence of the greater chief. A little N. of E., about fifteen miles, is Úrka, or Wúrka. Álaba, one short day’s march, about ten miles, S.E. from Úrka, is the easternmost town of the Gámerghú, whose territory, however, extends in this direction as far as Mount Dísa. In the immediate neighbourhood of Álaba is the small town of Segágiyu. Eastward from Dísa is Mount Kírya; and east from this is Mount Úla, or Wúla; one day beyond Wúla is the conspicuous Mount Deládebá. One short day to the N. of Deládebá is Mount Wélle, at the northern foot of which lies the large walled place of the name of Karáwá, the former capital of Wándalá, already mentioned, as we shall see, by the historian of the Bórnu king, Edrís Alawóma,—with two gates. To the N. of Karáwá, and about six miles S. of Delhé, is Ajémmaja, or, as it is called by others, Háj Ámaka, a place inhabited by Shúwa, or native Arabs, who occupy all the country as far as Díkowa.