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El Hodh, and frequented by the tribes of the Zena- 
gha or Senhaja, Henun, and Fata. 
7 th. Mesila, a group of shallow wells, the first of which is 
called Akerud. With regard to plants, the " dirs " 
is almost exclusively found here. 
V. — Route from Kasambdra to Nydmina. 
1st day. N'ama, a ksar of the Welad Mazuk. Rest during 
the heat of the day in a village called San-faga. 
2nd. Dynnia, a large and wealthy town of the Welad Yag- 
gere, residence of a governor called Mtisa Najem, 
son of Bankoro, and dependent on the king of 
Bambara. The town is rich in horses. You pass 
the heat in a place called Seredu, inhabited by 
Aswanek and Bambara. Dynnia is distant one day's 
march W. from Alassa, resting at noon in a ksar 
called Wesat, inhabited by Bambara. 
3rd. Jore, belonging to the district of Dynnia. You pass 
the heat in Watere, a large Bambara place. 
4th. Debala, a Bambara town, belonging to the north- 
western province of the Bambara empire called 
Keche. Rest during the heat in Delanga, a place 
distant only six or eight miles from Jore. 
5 th. Mckoye, a large place, residence of the governor of 
Keche. Pass Kasambiigu, a large place inhabited 
by Arabs and Bambara. 
13th. Nyamina, a considerable town and well-furnished 
market-place on the N. side of the Dhiuliba. The 
market of Nyamina excels that of Sansandi in 
many respects, and supplies a great proportion of the 
inhabitants of the Western desert. The district 
intervening between Mekoye and Nyamina is 
densely inhabited, but informant does not remem- 
ber the names of the places where he slept. Not far 
W. from Nyamina a very considerable creek or back- 
