NOKTHERN ROAD TO GO'GO'.— E' SU'k. 459 
once the residence of the Kel-gunhan, with a hilly 
eminence. 
13th. Takerennat, another site. 
14th. Tel-akkevin (or Tin-akkevm), a well. 
16th. Tin-oker; the last stage half a day's march. 
18th. Gogo, or Gagho, the last day again a short one. 
C. — Western Road from Aiilef to Mahruk. 
1st day. Dhahar el hamar, a hilly chain called the ass'i3 
backbone. 
3rd. El Immeraghen. 
5th. Wallen, a well. 
12th. A'm-rannan, a well, two days W. from Fn-denan, 
having crossed the arid desert Tanezrufet. In sum- 
mer you travel here by night. In winter, travelling 
night and day, with only short halts, you may accom- 
plish this march in four days. 
17th. I'n-asserer, perhaps "the well of the stony tract," or 
hammada, " serir," being the proper term for such a 
region. 
20th. Tin-hekikan, a well, in former times the common set- 
tlement of the tribe, which thence has received the 
name Kel-hekikan. It is W. or S.W. of the well, 
called Taunant (see p. 457). 
22nd. Mabruk ; the last day's march a short one. 
D. — A feio particulars with regard to theregion called A' zawad, 
and the adjoining districts. 
The name A'zawad is a corruption due to the Arabs of the 
Berber name A'zawagh (pronounced A^zawar), which is com- 
mon to many desert tracts. But the district which has be- 
come known to the Europeans under the name A'zawad, com- 
prises an extensive tract of country to the N. of Timbuktu, 
stretching north-westward as far as " El Juf," tlie great sink 
or " belly " of the desert, full of rock-salt, and to the N.N.E., 
a little to the N. of Mabruk, while its southern part, ex- 
