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great commercial activity, but a good supply of corn ; 
shells are not current. It is inhabited by Songhay 
and Zoghoran, and is distant five days from Basi- 
kunnu, towards the east. 
11th. Sunfi, a place inhabited by Songhay, and belonging to 
Aussa. You pass the heat of the day in the ksar 
Nyeddugu. 
1 2th. No place. 
13th. A village, or ksar, on a branch of the river. You pass 
the heat of the day near the dliaye Hor, and then 
keep along this sheet of water, which is a branch of 
the Ras el ma, and, according to my informant, ex- 
tends as far as Gasi-Ghuma. 
14 th. Gundara. 
N.B. — Perhaps one station has been left out, viz. 
T^le. 
17th. Timbuktu. 
P. — Route from Timbuktu to IValdta. 
1st day. Farsha, a locality at the foot of a hill. 
2nd. Mujeran, a lake in connection with the river, by means 
of the branch which separates from the latter be- 
tween Betagungu and Toga-bango, and encircled by 
hills. A short day's march. Gundam from here 
S.S.W. The Kel-antsar of the I^elad, whose chief 
is Thaher, encamp here. 
3rd. Geleb el Ghanem, a fertile locality, with a high mount 
seen from Gundam, situated on the bank of a branch 
of the river. You pass between nine and ten o'clock 
in the morning Abanko, a small place, inhabited by 
slaves and a few Songhay. 
4th. A'm-gunnan, a favoured spot, where slaves of the Ta- 
warek cultivate the ground. — *^A'm" is not pure 
Arabic, but of Semitic origin. 
5th. Eas el ma, (" the head of the water,") called *^A'raf-n- 
