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as far as I can judge, there is no reason to doubt. The 

 fate of our countrymen, Park, Hornemann, and their com- 

 panions, was my first and most anxious inquiry, both at 

 Patta and this place, but I have not succeeded in meeting 

 with any person who has the least knowledge of them, 

 and there is every reason to suppose their fate is entirely 

 unknown on this coast. 



The town of Magadosho (Note 28) is not very con- 

 siderable ; it may contain 150 or 200 houses, and from 

 its mosques is very conspicuous from seaward. It has not 

 any river near it,^ and has but little trade, probably on 

 account of the badness of its port, which only affords 

 shelter for boats within a reef fronting the town. The 

 town of Marca (Note 29) is small and has no safe an- 

 chorage ofi" it. 



Brava town (Note 30) is composed of about 100 huts, 

 and is as defective in its port as Magadosho. They are 

 severally governed by Soomallic chiefs. The mouth of 

 Rogues River, called Govinda by the Soomallics, Joob 

 (Gibb) by the Arabs, and Foombo by the Souallics, in lat. 

 0" I'i' 8., is a large and extensive river, but on account of 

 its shallow bar, boats can only enter it at high water ; it 

 has scarcely any trade, but such as is carried on by a few 

 country boats, the natives on its banks being thieves 

 inimical to all strangers. The next principal river, called 

 Oazee,^ situated one day's journey south of the Isles of 

 Patta and Lamoo, is also extensive, without trade. Quiliffa, 

 the next, in lat. 3° 26' S., is a large and deep fresh-water 

 stream, with few inhabitants and no trade. Foongaruy ^ 



' The author had forgotten, or rather he had not seen, the * Nile 

 of Magadoxo.' 



2 The Ozi river, south of Patta. 



3 The Panga-ni river, which the Arabs would pronounce Panga-ni. 



