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water separates from the river, opening an extensive 
inland navigation. It divides itself into two branches, 
the eastern one of which follows an almost northerly 
direction, approaching close to Tumbulle, a ksar in 
the country of the A'hel Yaggere, distant a day and 
a half S. S.W., from Dynnia, and thence going to 
Jungtinta, situated at the same distance S. from W. 
of Dynnia (starting from Dynnia, pass the heat in 
Farku, sleep in Sillintiggera, arrive in the morning 
in Jungunta), after which the creek turns S. from 
W. to the country of A^hel Masa. 
W. — From Kasamhdra to Nydmina hy way of Murja, and 
from Murja to Mekoye, 
1st day. Dali, one of the chief places of the Aswanek. 
Pass on the road the villages Zegheri, probably iden- 
tical with the (^U; of the Arab traveller E^bn 
Batuta (Journal As. Soc, 1852, p. 50.); farther on 
Serere, then Bainbala, where you pass tlie heat of the 
day. E., at no great distance from Dali, was for- 
merly the ksar called Debbus. At a short distance E. 
of Bainbala is the village Koshi. Direction S. E., or 
rather E. S.E. 
2nd. Alassa, a ksar of the tribe of the Teghdaust of mixed 
Aswanek and Arab blood, once very powerful and 
widely scattered, at present degraded to the condition 
of " lhame," or " khoddeman," serfs or tributaries, 
but still distinguished on the score of their learning. 
The town of Alassa itself is very remarkable on 
account of its palm trees, there being besides these 
no palm trees in the whole of Baghena, with the ex- 
ception of two trees in Kasambara, where there were 
formerly four. About six miles S. S. E. from Alassa 
lies Safantara, a large Bambara place. Direction, 
E. of S. You halt during the heat in Yengot. Here 
