Thence it is continued in a north-east line towards Yola, as far as the confines of that 1 This English form of the name, adopted in the 10th ed.
The boundary is then deflected south so as to leave Yola in British territory, turning north again to cross the Benue river at a spot 3 m.
The valleys of the Niger and Benue, especially the latter, are very much lower, the town of Yola on the Benue, some 400 m.
Nearer Yola live the Battas, who also had a bad reputation.
Steamers can also ascend the Benue to Yola, 480 m., above the confluence of that river with the Niger at Lokoja.