Africa and its inhabitants . Vmt^^^ .Hv-^-:^n ?c,// /. 9°iO- 9° 50 East of Grceni«/ch 12Milca. and traders. Banmfa, lying higher up on the same side, is noted for the mines oflead, wrongly said to be of antimony, which are situated two or three days march in the interior. In the basin of the Sungo, which joins the Benue near the southernmost i>ointof the great bend, are some important places, such as Lafia, Ben-Bcrf, a Kanurjsettlement 60 miles north of the main stream; Mibashi, more to the west, andKcana, on the route between Lafia and the Benue, cupit^il of a petty state tributary to Wurn
Africa and its inhabitants . Vmt^^^ .Hv-^-:^n ?c,// /. 9°iO- 9° 50 East of Grceni«/ch 12Milca. and traders. Banmfa, lying higher up on the same side, is noted for the mines oflead, wrongly said to be of antimony, which are situated two or three days march in the interior. In the basin of the Sungo, which joins the Benue near the southernmost i>ointof the great bend, are some important places, such as Lafia, Ben-Bcrf, a Kanurjsettlement 60 miles north of the main stream; Mibashi, more to the west, andKcana, on the route between Lafia and the Benue, cupit^il of a petty state tributary to Wurno. t i • Loho, on the right bank of the main stream, 90 miles above the Ix,kojaconfluence, is the busiest place in the Benue basin. It is the largest ivory marketin West Africa, exporting annually from fifty to sixty tons of this between Loko and the confluence the Benue U ,...,,..1 bv the Okwa 836 WEST AfEICA. (Kogna), from the Seg-Seg country, where lies the great citj of Kfffi Ahd-es-8enga, -A I boS
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