to the east, but was not visible. These, by the accounts of the natives, are the highest mountains in the Tibboo country, with the T h e depth o f the well at Meshroo is from sixteen to twenty fe e t: the water good, and free from saline impregnations: the ground around is strewed with .human skeletons, the slaves who have arrived exhausted with thirst and fatigue. The horrid consequences of the slave trade were strongly brought to'our mind; and, although its horrors are not equal to those o f the European trade, still they are sufficient to call up'every’'Sympathy, and rouse up every spark o f humanity. They are dragged over deserts, water often fails, and provisions scarcely provided for the long and dreary journey. Th e Moore ascribe the numbers to the cruelty o f the Tibboo traders: there is, perhaps, too much truth in the accusation. Every few miles a skeleton was seen through the whole d a y ; somd were partially covered with sand, others with only a small mound, formed by the wind: one hand often lay under the head, and frequently both, as if in the act o f compressing the head. Th e skin and membranous substance all shrivel up, and dry from the state o f the a ir: the thick muscular and internal parts only decay. Course through basins, having low, rugged, conical hills to the eastward. The hills have a great similarity o f geological structure to those o f western Fezzan and Ghraat. a b Sandstone o f fine texture, o f a black colour, giving it the appearance o f basalt. 'c Aluminous shistus. d Clay iron stone, with here and there strata o f bluish clay. e Fine white sandstone, mixed with a large quantity o f lime. There is a fine blue, very hard stone, with slender white lime streaks, forming the surface o f many of the lower grounds, evidently o f recent formation. A similar formatior* is seen in the large sterile plain between the hills o f Fezzan to the westward, and the.Tuarick range: the fine white sandstone is found deep in the same hills; the aluminous slate in exception of Ercherdat Erner. More to the south, the inhabitants are called Tibboo-Irchad (the Tibboos of the rocks). Through passes in both these mountains, the road lies to Kanem. About sunset, we halted near a well, within a half mile of Meshroo. Round this spot were lying more than one hundred skeletons, some of them with the skin still remaining attached to the bones—not even a little sand thrown over them. The Arabs laughed heartily at my expression of horror, and said, “ they were only blacks, nam boo /” (damn their fathers !) and began knocking about the limbs with the butt end of their firelocks, saying, “ This was a woman! This was a abundance. The kind o f sandstone, the other rocks and similarity o f appearance, show a sameness o f geological structure as far as we have gone. From a fine pass between two o f the hills, the view from above had something o f the grand. A rocky and sandy space, about two hundred yards broad, bounded on each side by a high rugged black hill, below a fine level plain, with low hills in the distance. The descent o f the camels fine, and accomplished without an accident. a sandstone. b red and yellow iron ore, in very thick beds. c sandstone. d white shistus. e white sandstone. The surface o f the plain has strata o f a slatiform blue stone; frequently, however, massive, and so hard as not to be scratched by iron; imbedded in it is a.large quantity o f periform iron ore. After traversing this plain, we ascended a low hilly range, and passed across its stony surface. From here we saw El-Wahr, or Difficult: it is between two high hills. W e passed many skeletons, both o f human beings and camels, which always kept us in mind o f the dangers we were exposed to.—W. O. C
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