I took another interesting ride through the kófa-n-Dúnday, not following the direct road to that village, which lies close to the junction of the gulbi-n-Ríma with the gulbi-n-Rába, but not far from the decayed northern wall, and thus crossed a considerable channel, a branch of the river, full of water, being even at the present time about fifteen yards wide, and a foot and a half in depth, and then, keeping away from the village, reached the other branch, which was narrower but more richly bordered by bushes, and, following it up in an easterly direction, reached the point of junction, or “megangámu.” The whole valley here formed one uninterrupted rice-field; and how different was the aspect of the country from what it exhibited on my home journey, at the end of the rainy season of the following year! A number of small boats were lying here, at the side of the narrow channel, but all of them separated into two halves, which had to be sewn together when their services were required for the rainy season. From this point I crossed over to the road leading to the village of Koré, where, two days later, a party of Kél-geres made a foray; and returning along this road towards the town, at a distance of about five hundred yards from the wall, we crossed another small arm of the river, which during the rainy season forms an extensive swamp. Leaving then the kófa- n-Koré on our right, we turned round the north-eastern corner of the wall, and ascended towards the kófa-n-Marké, which has received this name from a tree of the marké kind, although at present none are to be seen here. On the next page is a sketch of a ground-plan of the town. [Illustration: SÓKOTO. 1. Market-place. 2. House of Gedádo, at present ʿAbdú. 3. House of Bello, now of ʿAlíyu, very much in decay. 4. House of ʿAtíku, at present Hámedu, and close to it the mosque built by Gedádo, now in ruins. 5. Kófa-n-Koré. 6. Kófa-n-Dúnday. 7. Kófa-n-Kadé. 8. Kófa-n-ʿAlí Jédu. 9. Kófa-n-ʿAtíku. 10. Kófa-n-Tarámnia. 11. Kófa-n-Rími. 12. Kófa-n-Marké. 13. Suburb.]