ROAD TO HAMDA-ALLA'hI.— GU^NDAM. 467 
F. — From Timbuktu hy Gundam to Yowaru, and from 
YSwaru to Hamda-Allahi, 
3rd day. Gundam. There are no settled halting places be- 
tween Timbuktu and Gundam. People generally 
perform the distance in two days and a half. The 
following is a list of the names of localities between 
these two places : — Teshak, Finderiye, El Handema, 
Aristoremek, Egeti^ Tin-getan, Tin-rero, Timba- 
rageri, two villages of the name El Meshra, Takem- 
baut, Tenkeriye, Naudis, Gammator. — Gundam is 
a walled town (ksar or koira), the chief place 
of the district Aussa, and of considerable size, its 
population consisting of Songhay, E,uma, and Fulbe 
or Fullan. The town has a suburb on its W. side, 
where live the Toki, a tribe of the Fullan, and 
another suburb on the water-side, where live the 
Erbebi. On the N. side there is a black hill, full of 
fernan. Also to the S. an eminence is seen pre- 
senting the same appearance. The town is situated 
on the N. side of a large khalij or rijl (branch of the 
river) coming from Dire and turning towards Ras 
el ma, the celebrated head of the waters," distant 
from here two days, either by land or by water, 
W. a little N. Another creek runs from Gundam 
to Kabara ; but during the highest level of the in- 
undation the whole country presents almost one 
uninterrupted sheet of water. On the east side of 
Gundam is a dry creek called Arashaf, one day long, 
and half an hour wide. At its eastern border, 
E.S.E. from Gundam, is the place called Waye 
e' semen, with a creek adorned with the tree called 
taderes. 
4th. A walled village (koira) of Imoshagh and Songhay 
on the trunk of the river, having passed in the 
morning the branch on which Gundam is situated. 
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