Here the Nil, Goulbi, or Kattagum, passes from behind Kashna about thirteen days south. It runs north-east at this place, and must be crossed. East. Kattagum to Zoomawa 1 day. Zoomawa to Gizzra.............................. i Gizzra to Ibrahim Zubbo.................. i There is a tribe of Arabs here whose dwelling-place is called Bled Ibrahim Zubbo, from the Sheikh who first established them as a tribe. They are dark men without the negro features. North. Ibrahim Zubbo to Dowra. 1 day. Dowra to Kalawa................ 1 East. Kalawa to Shackow 1 day. Shackow to Bayankalawa.. 1 Bayankalawa to Demetro.. I Kashna is four days east of Zanfara. To the north-east of Kashna three days is a country (not a town) called Daura. The natives are Kaffirs, very numerous, and constantly preyed on by the Fellata. Kebbi is three days north-east of Bakkanee, the chief town of Noofy. Kooka (the Cauga of the maps) is thirty days east by south of Kashna; it is much exposed to the incursions of the people o f Waday. Kanno is four days east of Kashna, from which town Zegzeg is four or five days south-west. Yagooba is six days south of the latter place. Yemyem is the Lamlam of the maps. The inhabitants are reputed to be cannibals, and from a circumstance which came under my notice, I have no doubt they are so. A friend of mine had a male slave who came from that country, and who was about ten years of age. I desired a person, who spoke a language understood, hy the boy, to ask him, as if undesignedly, which part of a man was considered to taste best in his country. He immediately and readily answered, “ The breast, which is eaten by the men ; the other parts being given to the women and children.” But on further questioning him, it appeared he did not know whether the victims were prisoners or natives. This country joins Zegzeg. to the southward; it is of great "extent, and the people are reported to live in a state of nature. Yagooba borders on Yemyem, six days south of Zegzeg. Maradi is a country lying half-way between Kashna and Gooberr, now nearly depopulated by the constant attacks of the Fellata. The natives are Kaffirs, and go naked, with the exception of a leather wrapper round their loins. They are a very handsome race of people. Tirka in Soudan appears not to be known. There is a watering place of the Tibboo in Borgoo, called Tirki. Tuat is mentioned in many maps as a town; but it is a large tract of country on the borders of Soudan, inhabited chiefly by Tuarick. It is situated on the Great Desert, and is not very fertile. Fine horses are bred there, and the flocks are numerous. The natives trade with Tembuctoo, Soudan, Ghadams, and Fezzan, but seldom go so far east as Bornou. The chief length of the country is from north to south, and the towns bear very nearly in that direction to each other. The houses are built of stone and mud, and have no second story; many of the towns are walled. Ain el Salah, or the Fountain of Saints, is the principal town. It takes its name from the sanctity of its inhabitants, who, have all the credit of being Maraboots. A story is told of its having 866 castles, which were bruit by the first -Mohammedan conquerors of the country ; they are said to be of a great height and in fine preservation. I suspect, however, they are pretty nearly of the same description as those of Fezzan, of which we heard so many wonderful
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