n'ama.— jawa'ka. 
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houses are built of clay and stone ; the west side of 
the village is skirted by a valley which contains 
some hundreds of palm-trees, and where some tobacco 
is grown. Nama is situated at the foot of the hilly 
chain which encircles the whole of El Hodh, or the 
basin. You arrive early in the morning. 
8 th. Walata. 
S. — From Kasarnhdra to Jawdra, from the information of 
Sidi A'hmed el Mazuki el Bdglieni, 
1st day. Encamp in the wilderness, having rested two or 
three hours in Bisa2:a. 
2nd. Ketanne, a group of shallow wells, or hasian. You pass 
the heat in Benon, at present a ksar inhabited by 
Aswanek, but evidently identical with the place of 
encampment of the chief of the Ludamar (Welad 
'Omar, pronounced A^mmer), where Mungo Park 
suffered so much. Another road leads from Bisaga 
to Benon, by a place called Dunu. 
3rd. Jawara, called by the Fulbe, or Fullan, Jara Melle, once 
the capital of the empire of Melle, at present de- 
serted ; during the latter period of its existence in- 
habited by Rumme (Ruma), and Gurmabe. 
Jawara is distant one and a half day N.N.E. from Je- 
bega, and two days from Samakede, passing one 
night in Melleri, a ksar inhabited by the Welad 
Dabo (the name given by the Arabs to one section 
of the Aswanek, or Wakoio), and passing the heat 
in a place called Arjoga. It is after this town, 
Jawara, or Jaura, that the Fulbe call the Swaninki, 
or Sebe, as they style themselves (the noblest sec- 
tion of the Aswanek), by the name of Jaura-n-kobe. 
At a short distance from Melleri, S., lies the ksar Jem- 
jummu, and W. of it, Sara. 
