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bank of the river is watered by streams flowing from the Cameroon region to the Benue. The province is bordered S. by Southern Nigeria, S.E. by See also:

German territory (Cameroon), E. by the province of See also:

YOLA

Yola, N. by See also:

BAUCHI

Bauchi, W. by See also:

NASSARAWA

Nassarawa and See also:

BASSA

Bassa. The See also:

DISTRICT

district of See also:

KATSENA

Katsena-See also:

ALLAH

Allah extends See also:

south of the Benue considerably See also:

west of 90 E., the approximate limit of the See also:

REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of the province. Muri has an See also:

AREA

area of 25,800 sq. m. and an estimated See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of about 828,000. The province is See also:

rich in See also:

FOREST

forest products and the See also:

Niger See also:

COMPANY

Company maintains trading stations on the river. See also:

Cotton is grown, and See also:

SPINNING (from O. Eng. spinnen, to spin, cf. Ger. spinnen, &c., the Teut. root is seen, to draw out, cf. span, spider)

spinning See also:

THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)

thread, See also:

WEAVING

weaving and See also:

DYEING (0. Eng. dedgian, dealt ; Mid. Eng. deyen)

dyeing afford occupation to many thousands. The valley of the Benue has a See also:

CLIMATE

climate generally unhealthy to Europeans, but there are places in the northern See also:

PART

part of the province, such as the See also:

FULA (FULBE, FELLATAH or PEULS)

Fula See also:

settlement of Wase on a southern See also:

SPUR (A.S. spura, spora, related to spornan, spurnan, to kick, spurn; cf. M.H.G. sporn, mod. Ger. Sporn)

spur of the See also:

MURCHISON, SIR RODERICK IMPEY (1792-1871)

Murchison hills, where the higher See also:

ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude gives an excellent climate. Muri includes the See also:

ancient Jukon See also:

EMPIRE

empire together with various small Fula states and a number of' See also:

pagan tribes, among whom the See also:

MUNSHI, or MOONSHI

Munshi, who extend into the provinces of Nassarawa and Bassa, are among the most turbulent. The Munshi occupy about 4000 sq. m. in the Katsena-Allah district. The pagan tribes in the See also:

north of the province are lawless cannibals who by See also:

CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant outrages and murders of traders See also:

long rendered the See also:

main See also:

trade route to Bauchi unsafe, and cut off the markets of the Benue valley and the Cameroon from the See also:

HAUSA

Hausa states.

Onlytwo routes, one via Wase and the other via Gatari, pass through this See also:

belt. In the south of the province a similar belt of hostile pagans closed the See also:

ACCESS (Lat. accessus)

access to the Cameroon except by two routes, Takum and Beli. For Hausa traders to See also:

CROSS

cross the Muri province was a See also:

WORK

work of such danger and expense that before the See also:

ADVENT (Lat. Adventus, sc. Redemptoris, " the coming of the Saviour ")

advent of British See also:

ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration the See also:

ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt was seldom made. Muri came nominally under British See also:

CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control in 1900. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal effort of the administration has been to control and open the trade routes. In 1904 an expedition against the northern cannibals resulted in the See also:

CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of their principal fortresses and the settlement. and opening to trade of a large district, the various routes to the Benue being rendered safe. In 1905 an expedition against the Munshi, rendered necessary by an unprovoked attack on the Niger Company's station at Abinsi, had a See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good effect in reducing the riverain portion of this tribe to submission. The See also:

ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of any central native authority delayed the See also:

PROCESS

process of bringing the province under administrative control. Its See also:

government has been organized on the same See also:

SYSTEM

system as the See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of Northern Nigeria, and is under a British See also:

RESIDENT

resident. It has been divided into three administrative divisions—See also:

east, central and west—with their respective See also:

head-quarters at Lau, Amar and Ibi. Provincial and native courts of See also:

JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice have been established. The See also:

TELEGRAPH (Gr. Tike, far, and rypaq5eiv, to write)

telegraph has been carried to the See also:

TOWN

town of Muri.

Muri is one of the provinces in which the slave trade was most active, and its position between German territory and the Hausa states rendered it in the See also:

early days of the British administration a favourite route for the See also:

SMUGGLING

smuggling of slaves.

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