following summary of the distances of his respective
journeys, collected from the Narrative at his highest
estimates-
JO U R N IE S .
' ,,
Days.
I»*,
C o u rse.
R a t e in
Miles. D istan ce .
From El Gazie to the Douar in the
Desert - 30 E. i S. . 15 450
On the Journey to Soudenny 13 S.S.E. 20 260 ■]
Ditto Ditto - 4 S.S. E. f S. 20 80 j
To the Village where the Moors were
put to death. — 10 E. 2.0 200
To Tombucloo 15 E. by N. 20 300
Distance in British Miles from the
Coast to Tombuctoo - 1-290
To the point of departure from La
Mar Zarah - 10 E. N. E. i a 180
— Toudeny - 13 N. 18 234
— the border of the Sandy Desert 1 N-W. 20 20
In the Sandy Desert 14 — 18 252
Ditto - 15 — 1,2. 180
From the edge of the Sandy Desert
to Woled D'leim 1 _ 12‘ 12
To E l Kabla - 2 N. by W. — 30
— JVoled Abous&ebah 9 N-.E. 18 162
1— Woled. Adrialla 6* N.N.W. 25 150
— Aiata Mouessa Ali 3 N. W. 18 54
— Wed-Koon - 5 — 16 80
— Akhadia - -• 1 N. 30 30
— Bled Cidi HesKern, 2 N .E . 30 60
— Agadeer or Santa Crus, 4 N.byW. — 90
4 N. 20 80
— Suerra or Mogadore - - j 1 10 10
Distance in British Miles from
Tombuctoo to Mogadore - ■ 1624
These distances, as well as the courses of his journies,
will be found accurately represented by the ruled line in.
the Map : and it is impossible to observe how nearly they
approach to what may be presumed to be the truth, without
being astonished at Adams’s memory, and at the precision
with which he estimated his course with no other compass
than the rising and setting of a vertical sun.