LAY TO SA'lIN. 
599 
Kim from Lay is two good days' journey S.S.E., stopping 
for the night at Bisme, on the river. This track has a dry 
clayey soil, almost without trees, so that you may see from Kim 
the trees of E're, a place in the N.W., on the west bank of 
the river, and probably called from its situation on a ford, 
" ere " meaning river in the Musgu language. Marraba, 
a large place of the Mogom, is ten or twelve miles from 
Kim, beyond and at some distance from the river. 
From Lay to Salin. Direction a little north from east. 
1st day. Chire, a large place, residence of the chief Kas- 
sarak, who is not the only chieftain in this region, but 
there are two petty chiefs besides him. This place 
has a separate ertana. It is distinguished by an ex- 
tensive plantation of fruit-bearing date-trees, which is 
well irrigated and kept in order, — a very remark- 
able circumstance, so that I have taken pains to 
ascertain that the informant has not confounded 
the date-palm with the deleb-palm. There are no 
asses in Chire, nor any cats ; and the horses are im- 
ported from Bagirmi. A long march of twenty-five 
miles. 
2nd. Masro, about thirty miles. 
3rd. Salin, the residence of the chief, and the principal 
market-place of Dam. 
From Salin to Dammuk, the capital of Somray, one 
day S.E. 
From Mas-end to Salin. 
1st day. Mogal. 
2nd. Jeljellij a Kanuri place* 
3rd. Bana-kurchi. 
4th. Buso. 
5 th. Tunjurku, a Kerdi place 
6 th. Gurgara. 
