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the westward of that city ; and that the salt was carried so far to the east as 
Melli, which is opposite to Kassina. By Tegazza, Tisheetf the salt mine 
of Jarra seems to have been meant; but is far short of 40 journies from 
Tombuctoo. Now, if in the 12th century, salt was procurable so near to 
Tombuctoo as Aroan, or Shingarin (the salt pits of Walet), why should they 
have fetched it from a place 30 or 40 days distant, in the 15th and 16th? 
This requires explanation : for Edrisi states very particularly that salt was 
carried from Ulil in boats along the Niger, and distributed amongst the 
nations on its banks, from Sala to Kaugalt 
Mr. Beaufoy, quoted as above, says,+ that there is a salt lake, or lakes, 
in Bornou; from whence Agadez, Kassina, and certain states on the south 
of the Niger, are supplied. This at least implies that there are no salt mines 
in the Desert, in the quarter east of Tombuctoo. 
* Mr. Park's MSS. f Edrisi, p. 7. % African Association, 1790; Q^p. 157, 
167; and O. p. 236, 251. 
