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the angola, which strikes the water, and the bolbtit; but there 
is no semmak. The principal places lying about the lake are 
(beginning from Yawo) Debunoro, Tamsa or Temsa, Gela, 
Golo, Dago, Gamsa, which is about twelve miles from Yawo 
(but these places are at a considerable distance from the 
shores of the lake, though varying, of course, greatly accord- 
ing to the season). Five tribes pasture in the Fittri — the 
Bern Maleki, who possess numerous camels, the Jaatena, the 
Hamide, and a part of the Kreda ; and it is visited even by 
other Tebu tribes during the summer. In the kharif, or 
rainy season, when the Arab tribes are removing, and the 
whole country is inundated and infested by swarms of mos- 
quitoes, the camels of the Fittri are, like those of the sultan, 
stall-fed in sheds, or at least are sheltered with mats. 
The principal places along the lower course of the Bat-ha 
are: Seta, Difde, Henewu Jurundu, A'm-kharuba, Dur- 
mami, Sigo, Mugdara ; Birket Fatima, a place of the Mas- 
maje on the west side of the rahet and north of the wadi ; 
A'm-siddre, Al A'fanm, then the district called Dar-Zoyud. 
From Middogo, which is one day from Yawo, to Birket 
Fatima, is four days by way of A'b Zerafa, a place of the 
Kuka, with small rocky ridges ; Hejel, a place of the Kuka, 
and finally Boyo. 
(q.) From Fittri to Mawo, N. W., according to the Buldli 
Ibrahim, 
1st day. Fali or Fari (Faghi?), a hamlet inhabited by Ba- 
girmi people, in a wadi-like hollow encompassed by 
rocks. 
2nd. Auni, a hamlet of Bagirmi people, with some rocky 
ridges. 
3rd. Bukko, another hamlet of the Bagirmaye. 
4th. Shegeraye, a wadi where the Guraan pasture their 
camels. 
5th. Bahr el ghazal, an expansive and richly-timbered 
wadi. 
