Barraber, twenty days, consisting entirely of plains, with here and there wells. This is another tribe of Arabs, wandering in tents, and all bandits. They chiefly mount horses; they have, however, camels and flocks; the tribe consists of about two thousands souls.
Tajakant, ten days; plains, with the mountains of Sous on the north. A tribe of pacific Arabs (i.e. not bandits), numbering about three thousand, having both horses and camels.
Shurfa, or Weled Seba, three days; a tribe of Arabs, all Shereefs, numbering some four or five thousand, having many horses and camels, and flocks, and a few bullocks. Not bandits.
Sakia Hamara, two days; a large walled, town, situated in a wady under a mountain: Shereefs and Marabouteen.
South, from this point of departure we come to the
Walad Bahammu, at a distance of one day; an oasis of two villages; all Tuatee bandits, riding maharees, wearing turkadees, like Tuaricks. One of these villages is called Akobli, known in the route to Timbuctoo.
Shellah, a tribe living in tents, speaking a Berber dialect; two days. My informant knows no more.
East, from this point there is only desert towards Ghadamez.
West, from the same, Timmemoun and Ourara.
The person who gave me this information is one Haj Mohammed Ben Welid, a native of Ghadamez. Besides the above route from Tuat to Wadnoun, I am indebted to him for the Niffee route. Six years ago he was at Niffee, and saw there a large American vessel trading for slaves and other merchandise.
Baibaishi, five days; walled town, and residence of a sultan; about the size of Zinder, situate amongst rocks: a river of continually running water.
Zaria, two days; an immense walled town, of the size of Kanu: residence of a powerful Fullanee sultan.
A wady, with continually running water, one day; no town.
Agoi, three days; a number of small villages, situate under rocks of great height: a stream of running water.
Agoi-Karama, one day; a small village, under lofty heights of rocks: a stream of running water.
Kurmi-Wia (i.e. Difficult River), one day; a running river amidst dense forests; no town: here are immense bamboos, like ghaseb.
Jangaru, three days, amidst forests of trees; a walled town, not quite so large as Zinder, having a Governor or Kaïd. Here the route divides into two branches: one west, going to Raba, in seven days; and the other south, to Gorji, one day, on the banks of the Niger; and on to Niffee.