bu'rku or bu'rgu. 
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From Ege to Yen or Beled el 'Omiyan, the chief place 
in Burku. N.N.E. 
1st day. Taro or Tro, a valley with bitter water. 
2nd. Karo ; before the heat of the day. 
3rd. Audanga, a well, with plenty of excellent brushwood. 
4th. Tungurki, before the heat of the day. 
5th. Yaiyo el kebir, a well, with dum-palms, and near to it 
Yaiyo elsghir. Yaiyo is nine days from So, on the 
Bui ma road, reaching Giri in two days, A'rraka in 
two more days, and from hence So in five days. 
8th. Yen, having entered the limits of Burku on the 6th 
day, when you first come to the source called 'Am 
Telekka. The neighbourhood of Yen is rich in 
herbage and palm-trees. The village in general 
consists of houses or cottages built of stone; but the 
number of the inhabitants fluctuates. Galakka is 
another of the principal places iu Burku. There are 
several chiefs of authority in the place, the most in- 
fluential of whom seems to be Lenga or, with his title, 
Tawa Lenga. There is, besides Yoworde, another 
chief called Kaleme, and a third one called Biddu, 
belonging to the tribe or family of the Bidduwa. 
As for the Kedl-Agre, the chief of the Bultu, he 
also occasionally resides here. In Teki, a locality 
fertilized by a large spring, another chief resides, 
belonging to the Tiyowa, and called Gehermi. 
Yen is eleven days from " f Aradha, the seat of the 
Mahamid, the position of which may be determined 
with great precision by the distance from Wara (see 
Appendix, No. VI.):-— 1st day, Wen; 3rd, Chi- 
rogia; 7th, Oshim; 1 1th, "Aradha. 
I will now say a word about the tribes and families of the 
Tebu and their present settlements, referring to my account 
