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SAY , a See also:

town on the right See also:bank of the See also:river See also:Niger in 13° 4' N. and 2° 30' E., in the See also:French See also:colony of Upper See also:Senegal and Niger. In the agreement of 1890 between See also:Great See also:Britain and See also:France for the delimitation of their respective See also:spheres of See also:influence in See also:West See also:Africa, Say was taken as the western end of an imaginary See also:line which ran eastward to Barrua on See also:Lake See also:Chad. To the See also:north the " See also:light See also:soil " of the See also:Sahara—a phrase used by See also:Lord See also:Salisbury in explaining the nature of the agreement in the See also:House of Lords—was recognized as French; to the See also:south the See also:Sokoto See also:empire (See also:northern See also:Nigeria) See also:fell to Great Britain. By the See also:convention of 1898 Say, however, and a considerable See also:tract of territory south and See also:east of the town were ceded to France.

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