wala'ta to sansa^ndi. 
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5 th. Dendare, a large tank or dhaye, site of a former ksar, 
with an extensive forest, or " ghaba." 
6th. Kork, a wooded and hilly locality. 
7th. El Baruk, a well. » 
8th. Bugla^ a deep well, surrounded by fine groups of the 
tedum, or baobab. You pass, on the road, the wells 
El Ghanimat and Jelluk. 
9th. El Treik, a well, or El Makrunat, a little further on. 
10th. Atwel, a well to the east of Sinyare, or you may make a 
long march, and go to Farabugu, a Bambara village. 
1 1 th Kala, a large town of Bambara, only two or three hours 
from Farabugu. It is no doubt the same Kala which 
once constituted a small kingdom of itself, and of 
which A^hmed Baba speaks so repeatedly.* In 
course of time it constituted one of the three great 
divisions of the empire of Melle, the two others being 
Benne-ndugu and Sabardugii. 
12th. Sara-dobu, or Sara-dugu. 
13th. Falam-bugu. 
14th. Swera. 
15th. Sansandi. 
Q 2. — Same Route according to El BesMr. 
N.B. — Informant proceeded on this route with a caravan 
of camels and pack-oxen, the former travelling from morning 
till about four o'clock in the afternoon : the latter restin^r 
during the heat of the day, and following in the evening. 
1st day. Areni (evidently identical with Rini), or another 
group of wells called A'jel el A^hmar. 
2nd. Arek, sandhills, having passed the heat of the day at 
the Bir A'shim-men (E' Shemin). 
3rd. Ajabi, or, if you proceed a little further, and keep more 
to the east, Tenwakkar. 
* Journal of Leipsic Oriental Society, vol. ix. p. .527. 
