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APPENDIX II. 
YIII. — DISTEICTS OF THE SAHAEA BETWEEN a'zAWAD AND 
TIMBUKTU ON THE ONE SIDE, AND EL HODH AND 
BA^GHENA ON THE OTHER. 
Between A^rawan and Walata there stretches a waterless 
desert of ten days, consisting of isolated sandhills, between 
which very good food for the camel is found, and plenty of 
water-melons, sufficient to quench the thirst of man as well 
as of the camel. This district, which is nearly of the same 
character as Magh-ter, is called A'kela, and the Kobetat 
mentioned above are principally wandering hereabout. 
South of the A'kela the country is rendered more verdant 
and fertile by the Niger and its many backwaters, and there 
is one district especially noted for its pasturage, viz. the 
famous Rds el md, mentioned by me repeatedly, where Arabs, 
principally the Kunta and Berabish, with the small remnant 
of the almost extinguished tribe of the Lansar, and the 
Welad Said el Boradda, encamp occasionally, and where Zen 
el 'Abidin, a younger brother of Sheikh A'hmed el Bakay 
had for a long time his encampment. There is here also a 
small village of the Idelebo. 
Between the A'kela to the N.E., the Dhdhar Walata to- 
wards the N.W., and Fermagha towards the S.E., there is the 
district called Eriggi, with a ksar, or small town, called 
Basikunnu, mentioned in the preceding volume. Eriggi is 
the chief district of the Welad 'Alush, a not very numerous 
but warlike tribe, which extends its forays over the whole of 
A'zawad, and is divided into two sections : — 
El Khatterat. 
El EUeb. 
The Welad 'Alush are at present the principal tribe of a 
large group called Ddud, whose elements I shall enumerate 
here together, though only a portion of the tribes are living 
