240 REMARKS ON TRAVELS 
rather the country of Eli-Oud-Atiiar*) and those of Major 
Gray and Surgeon Dochard, the one to Falime, the other 
to Yamina. But, as he kept no regular notes of his 
peregrinations in this portion of Africa, I have no means 
of comparing them with those of the three former tra- 
vellers. It is otherwise with the routes of Watt and 
Winterbottom, who in 1794 arrived at Timbo and Labe 
by the Rio-Nunez ; there they learnt that a four months' 
journey would lead them to Timbuctoo, by way of Bella, 
Bouria, Manda, Sego, Sousundou and Genatif. 
On examining the general map of M. Caillie's travels 
Baleya, Bourre, Amana, Sego, Sansanding and Djenne, 
names very little differing from the former, will actually 
be found, in a line, not indeed perfectly direct, from 
Labe to Timbuctoo. With regard to the four months' 
distance, it is worthy of remark that M. Caillie was a 
hundred and seven days proceeding from Teleouel (nearly 
opposite to Labe) to Timbuctoo, following a rather more 
easterly course. In several other particulars the narratives 
of the two English travellers are in accordance with the 
observations of M. Caillie^ such as the traffic in salt, 
* According to the traveller Adrien Partarrieu, a man of colour, 
resident at Senegal, who was well acquainted with the languages both 
of Africa and Europe, and capable of making good geographical ob- 
servations. 
t See Histoire compUte des Voyages et Decouvertes en Afrique, by 
Dr. Leyden, and H. Murray, French translation, vol. 3, page 173 and 
the following. 
