CONTENTS 
OF THE SECOND VOLUME. 
CHAPTER XIX. 
Departure for Timbuctoo on the 13th of March. — Descrip- 
tion of the banks of the river. — Slaves released from their 
chains. — Populous villages. — Vessels of from sixty to eighty 
tons burthen. — Branch of the river forming a large island. 
— Mode of building canoes. — Villages of Banan. — Cha- 
racter of the Mandingoes.— -Description of Lake Debo. — 
Islands called St. Charles, Henry, and Maria-Theresa , . 
CHAPTER XX. 
Tongom, a village in the country of the Dirimans. — Co. — Do. 
— Sa, a commercial port. — Mercantile flotillas. — The 
Soorgoos or Tooariks, a nomadic and predatory tribe. — 
Baraconga. — Leiel, — Garfola. — Filinsa Baracondi^. — 
Tircy. — Liquor made from the kondoo. — Alcodia, the 
Diriman capital. — Customs of the inhabitants. — Salacoila. 
— Cora. — Coratoo — Separation of the river into two 
branches. — Arrival at Cabra, the port of Timbuctoo — 
Description of the place 
CHAPTER XXI. 
Journey from Cabra to Timbuctoo. — First vievi^ of the city. — 
The Kissoors. — The king grants the traveller an audience. 
— Condition of the slaves. — Description of the city, its 
buildings, extent, and commerce. — Food and dress of the 
people. — Bousb^hey, a city of the Zawats. — Toudeyni. — 
Tribe of Salah. — Terror inspired by the Tooariks. — Des- 
cription of that tribe. — TheJinbalas. — Particulars respect- 
ing the fate of Major Laing. — Reflexions on the means of 
penetrating to the centre of Africa 
