eminences nnd fortified, for security in theii domestic
wars. They are possessed of a fertile country, producing
abundance of barley and some wheat. The fruits and
vegetables common in South Barbary are also grown here.
Their sheep and goats are of the finest breed, and are
frequently brought to Mogadore as presents: and their
camels are much esteemed for their patience and great
power of enduring fatigue.* D.
Note 57, p■ 79-
I did frequently interrogate Adams, when at Mogadore,
respecting his travels in Africa; and frequently sent for
persons who had been at the places he described, in order
to confront their accounts with his, and especially to ascertain
the probability of his having been at Timbuctoo.
Amongst these individuals was a Shieck of Wed-Noon, a
man of great consideration in that country, who had been
several times at Timbuctoo in company with trading
parties; and who, after questioning Adams very closely
respecting -that city and its neighbourhood, assured me
that he had no doubt that he had been there. Another
Moorish trader who was in the habit of frequenting Timbuctoo
gave me the same account. In short, it was their
* For a more detailed description of the Shittuh, see the Appendix, No. II.
universal opinion that he must have been at the places he described,
and that his account could not be a fabrication. D.
Note 58, p. 79-
I did, about the time stated by Adams, send him to
Fez to the Emperor, under the protection of one soldier
and a muleteer. D.
Note 59, p- 81.
Having visited Tangier myself a few months afterward?,
I there learnt from Mr. Simpson, that he had sent Adams
to Cadiz a few days after his arrival. D.
Note 60, p. 81.
Upon a minute examination of Adams's Narrative, a
considerable difference will be found to exist between his
collective estimates of the time he remained in Africa, and
the actual interval between the dates of his shipwreck and
return; the aggregate of the former amounting to about
four years and three months, whilst the real time does not
appear to have exceeded three years and seven months. It
is not difficult to conceive that the tedium of so long a
period of slavery and wretchedness would easily betray
Adams into an error of this nature; especially in a situa-
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