Habits.—Tattooed.
THE TAPUA.
Synonym.—Nyffe.
Locality.—The country between the rivers Niger, Makumnee, and Coodoonia.
Conterminous with the Ibo (south), the Yarriba (south-west), the Fellatah country (east and north-west), the Haussa(?) country, north.
Religion.—Paganism. Nearly that of Yarriba.
Physical conformation.—Sub-typical Negroes; with better shapes and clearer skins than even the Yarribians.
HAUSSA (HOWSSA).
Area.—Irregular, being deeply indented by that of the Fellatahs.
Conterminous with the Tapua(?), Yarriba, Fellatahs, Bornúi, the Berber Tuaricks.