towards Augila (the fíerdoa of Delisle and D’Anville). Bfergoo,
according to Mr, Browne, is an independent country :: Mëtho and
Wadey, the sàme: so that the empire of BOurnu ends with: Fittré
(or Cooka) Margi, and Wangara, ¡southward.*
Of these countries, Mr. Browne had not heard of Wangara, under
that name Iff nor of Wadey, or Metho ; although he describes
the tract which contains them, in his map. Nor does Dar Cooka
appear to have been known to him, as the Kauga of Kdrisi, or as
the Fittré of Horneman.
: At the capital of-Bournu, the:dn'teresting inquiries of Mr. Browne
end, northwárd : but as those of Mr. Horneman extend to the borders
of Darfoor, they of course overlap each other ; so as to give
much greater authority to the report of the course of the waters
from Darfoor to the lake Fittré.
With respect to the line of distance, between Fezzan and Darfoor
; Darfoor and Sennaar ; these are the details : (that from Garia
to Dongola, has been already given, page 188.)
Mr. Beaufoy allows between Temissa (in Fezzan) and the capital
of Bournu, 43 days of caravan travelling, in a south-easterly direction.
Mr. Browne placés thé sànlè .capital, deduced from inquiries
made at Darfoor, in lat, 190 45',Ion. 2i°{33'; so as to leave an interval
* Mr. Browne, {page 473,) state? the distance between Donga, and the (southern)
limit of Bornu, to be .20 journies. r
4 M r , Horneman’s informant culîed it Ungara ; and it appears that the Arabs
name it Btlad-el-Tebr, or the country of gold. '(Herbelqt and Bakui.) Mr. Browne
was told, in Darfoor, that gold was not found in any quantity, , to the west. ¡ But
Wangara, a country o f gold, at least in former times, lies to the west of Darfoor Í
of distance equal to 562 G. miles, between Temissa and Bournu ;
giving a rate of only 13 miles and a small fraction, per day. This
rate falls far short of caravan travelling; and it is possible that the
halting days may have been included in the aggregate number 43;
as is often done, when the inquiries are not sufficiently pointed.
In the Proceed. Afr. Assoc. 1798, it is stated, that Bornou falls at
534 G. miles from Dongola on the Nile; and Mr. Browne’s result
gives about 600. It should, however, be noted, that Mr. Browne’s
Tables ( page 467 ), give a bearing of N £ W between Begarmb and
Bournu, which I have followed in preference to his map, where it is
N 13 W ; and thus place Bournu at 562 from Dongola. A mean
between the position in the former map, and that given by Mr.
Browne, would be 567. But through the want of a cross line of
distance, that can be depended on, the position of this important
point in geography, remains in uncertainty. Mr. Horneman was
tttld!that Bournu was 15 days journey from: Kashna: and at 25, in
a W by-S direction, short of Fittrd. This is, no doubt, meant of
the boundary of the empire of Bournu, towards Kashna, and not of
the capital; and this report appears very probable, as the Bournuan
dominions are said to terminate oh that side, with the Country of
Wangara.