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dogs, with which they hunt the large antelope called 
"bakr el wahesh" by the Arabs. (The name " Ni- 
madi/' is probably not the real name of these people.) 
You sleep four nights in the open country. 
22nd. Kabude, a well with temporary settlers. Pass two 
nights in the open country without a dwelling. 
26th. Mu-saweli, a considerable place of Baghena. You pass 
on your march several other places, the names of 
Avhich inforinant does not remember. 
27th. Duguni, a middle-sized town. 
28th. Debampa, a large town of Baghena. All the houses 
are built of clay. 
29th. Torongu, another place of importance. 
30th. Tindi, a small town about seven days N.W. from 
Koli, another town of Bao;hena. Tiiidi is inhabited 
by Aswanek or Svvaninki. 
31st. Khat e' dem, a temporary dwelling-place of Arabs 
belonging to the tribes of the Welad Mohammed, 
the Funti, and the Henun, with the Sheikh Mo- 
hammed Fadhel, son of the protector Mukhtar. 
All the dwellings consist of tents of camels' hair. 
Khat e' dem forms the beginning of the district 
called Ei Hodh. 
33rd. Tokko, a large pool of stagnant water, round which 
there is an encampment of Arabs. 
35th. Deris, a dwelling-place of the " White Arabs," as my 
informant calls them. Many tribes are wandering 
hereabouts ; but almost all the towns are at present 
in the hands of the Fulbe or Fullan. Nama, the 
small town mentioned above as having been built by 
the Shurfa, is three days E. a little JST. from Deris, 
37th. Nwal, a well with an encampment of Arabs. 
42nd. Tadirt, a well with tents of the same. 
47th. Libe, a well of the same character. 
50th. Mesila, a spring of running water at the foot of the 
