Africa and its inhabitants . les to the cast fn a cirque enclosed by woodc<l hills. In thesurrounding valleys are scattered some large villages, several of which exceed (he 16G ?R-EST AFEICA. capital itself in population. Such is Biiria, west of Timbo, wliore is seen the firstorange-tree planted in Futa-Jallon, a magniticent plant with a trunk ten feet incircumference, and branches wide enough to shelter two hundred persons. At itsfoot stands the tomb of the famous marabout Issa, or Jesus, before which allriders, even the sovereign himself, must dismount. Fugiimba, the holy city of Futa-Jal
Africa and its inhabitants . les to the cast fn a cirque enclosed by woodc<l hills. In thesurrounding valleys are scattered some large villages, several of which exceed (he 16G ?R-EST AFEICA. capital itself in population. Such is Biiria, west of Timbo, wliore is seen the firstorange-tree planted in Futa-Jallon, a magniticent plant with a trunk ten feet incircumference, and branches wide enough to shelter two hundred persons. At itsfoot stands the tomb of the famous marabout Issa, or Jesus, before which allriders, even the sovereign himself, must dismount. Fugiimba, the holy city of Futa-Jallon, a group of a thousand huts some 30 milesnorth-west of Timbo in the valley of the Tene, which flows either to the Bafing orto the Faleme, is so embowered in trees that none of the surroimding heightscommand a complete view of the place. Here the conquering Fulahs erected thefirst mosque in this region, a lofty conic structure, to which each new sovereign Fig. 70.—TaiBO and the Sources of the 1 ; , IS Miles. came to be consecrated king of Futa-Jallon. The most learned commentators ofthe Koran pursue their studies in Fugumba, north of which follow, on the Bambukroute, some other large places. Of these the most important is Labe, capital of apetty state formerly subject to Samorj% but now under the protection of theFrench. Farther north is the large village of Tunfiiritn, towards the south-eastSefiir, capital of the province of KoUade, and to the south-west Timbi, anotherprovincial capital, a place of three thousand inhabitants in the valley of theKakrima, which flows to the Atlantic between the Pongo and the north, on one of the headwaters of the Rio Grande, is situated the city of ADMINISTEATIOX OF FUTA-JALLOK. 167 Tuba, said by Gouldsbmy to be the largest in Futa-Jallon. It contains eighthundred houses, besides those of the outskirts, and a great mosque, where warriorsand traders assemble before setting out on important expeditions.
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