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who will be mentioned presently in the list of the Tebu 
tribes, and had formerly the supremacy over the Nakassa, 
the Halal el debus (an Arab nickname, the proper name 
of the tribe not being known to me), both of whom fre- 
quent likewise Ege, and the Khiyat e' rih (another nick- 
name). Besides the tribes above-mentioned, Ege is generally 
frequented by the Musu, the Sakerda, by that section of 
the Fugabu which is under the supremacy of Kedl Lawati, 
and occasionally by the Welad Sliman. But Ege, of course, 
on account of its being resorted to by many tribes as a fine 
place for their herds of camels, is also a marked point for pre- 
datory expeditions. 
From Ege the Burrum or Bahr el Ghazal seems to 
turn to the K.W., or at least to the N.N.W., going to 
Tangur, a famous place two days from Ege. Tangur 
(where the country seems to form a large basin) is generally 
regarded as the end of the Burrum ; and a hypsometrical ob- 
servation made here would immediately decide the question 
about the inclination of the Burrum, and show whether the 
very remarkable statement of the natives be correct or not. 
Some people contend that the wadi extends still further 
into Burku, or Burgu. North from Tangur, a day or two's 
march, is the famous place Bateli, not less celebrated than 
Ege for its fine breed of camels, generally of a dark-brown 
or a rather blackish colour, of which I myself had occasion- 
ally a specimen in my train, and Degirshim. 
After having given this piece of information with regard 
to the south-east part of Kanem and the Burrum, I now 
proceed to give some itineraries from the quarters of which 
information has been obtained in this way, to the country of 
Burku or Burgu, about which Captain Lyons has given so 
many interesting details. I will only add that Dr. Overweg 
took down, from the mouth of a well-informed native, a very 
exact itinerary of the route from Murzuk to this country, 
which, together with the other data and the information col- 
lected by Mr. Fresnel, goes far to establish its position with 
great approximative precision. 
