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TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
Chap. LI. 
sea; only in the northernmost part of the country, 
north from a line drawn through Mofto, there are 
detached hills or mountains, which constitute the 
water-parting between the Fittri and the Tsad, the 
two basins having no connection whatever with each 
other. But while Bagirmi Proper appears to be a 
rather flat country, the outlying provinces to the 
south-east seem to be rather mountainous, the moun- 
tains, particularly the group called Gere, being so 
high that the cold is felt very severely, and hail or 
snow falls occasionally during the cold months. From 
the information of the natives, particularly when 
we take into consideration the description given of 
Belel Kole, it would seem that in that direction there 
are some volcanic mountains. Towards the south 
also there must be considerable mountains which give 
rise to the three rivers the Benuwe, the Shari, and the 
river of Logon, and probably several more ; but they 
must be at a great distance, and lie entirely beyond 
the range of my information. However, I am sure 
that there is no idea of perpetual snow, or even snow 
remaining for any length of time, in this part of the 
continent; and there seems to be no necessity what- 
ever for supposing such a thing, as the fall of rain 
near the equator is fully sufficient to feed numbers of 
perennial sources, and to increase the volume of the 
rivers to such an extent as to annually overflow the 
country in so astonishing a manner. The time of the 
inundation of those three rivers seems to coincide 
exactly, while with regard to the currents, that of the 
river of Log6n appears to be the most rapid. 
