a'zawa'd, taga'net, afele'le. 
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Bel Mehan, the well mentioned in the itinerary (Vol. IV. 
p. 454), as distant about ten miles from the hilleh, Belbot, 
south of Bel Mehan; rrakshiwen ; Merzahe, south of the 
latter ; Megagelat, two days south of the hilleh, and others. 
The most famous wells in the district called Taganet, are — - 
Wen-alshin, situated at the distance of four days from Tim- 
buktu, and three from the hilleh, where Mohammed e' Seghir, 
El Bakay's elder brother, usually encamps part of the year ; 
Tin-tatis, half a day S. W. from the former ; 'En-6shif, I^mmi- 
lash, 'En-gibe, *En-seek, 'En-odeke, a well where Baba, a 
younger brother of El Bakay, has his encampment, three 
days south from Mamun, four days N.E. from Timbuktu; 
A^nenshor, A'rrazaf, ' Aruk, El Makhmud, different from the 
well of the same name mentioned above ; Igarre, Merizik, 
Twil, Waruzil. 
Towards the north, the district of A^zawad is separated 
from the dreary and waterless desert known by the general 
Berber name of Tanezrufet (meaning " arid hammada ") 
by the two small districts called Afelele^^ (meaning the 
little desert, or " afelle and north of it Adherer. Afelele 
is a highly favoured region for the breeding of camels, and con- 
tains some famous valleys, or wadlan," such as Tekhatimit, 
or Teshatimit, Afud-enakan or Afud-n-akan, Tadulilit, 'Aba- 
tol, Shanisin, Agar, and others. A'kerer, likewise, is consi- 
dered by the Arabs as a fine country diversified by hill and 
dale, with plenty of wells, and even temporary torrents. 
This is the district, in one of the valleys of which, " Wadi 
Adherer," Major Laing was attacked and almost killed by 
the Tawarek. 
Towards the east, the districts of A^zawdd and Taganet 
are limited by several smaller ones, where the Arab popula- 
tion is greatly mixed with the Berber or Tawarek element, 
especially the Tfoghas. At the same time, these districts 
separate A^zawad from A'derar, the fine hilly country of the 
Awelimmiden, which is excellent not only for the breed of 
camels, but also for that of cattle. These intermediate dis- 
