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is to the south, may he not have been mistaken as to the 
direction of the stream ? May it not be the second branch 
of the river, which M. CailUe saw at Cabra, and which 
at first runs towards the north-east ? It does not however 
run two miles south of Timbuctoo, but five miles. The 
river, he says, is called Marzarah : and this name though 
unknown to M. Caillie, yet exists ; and is the name also 
of a district cited above, after el-Edricy.* 
Robert Adams is not incorrect in his journeys beyond 
Timbuctoo: 1st from this city towards the E. N. E., as 
far as the river mentioned above, where he arrives after 
ten days' journey ; 2ndly from this point to Toudeyni, 
twelve or thirteen days' journey N, N. W. These dis- 
tances and bearings agree tolerably well with M. Cailli^'s 
route from Timbuctoo to Telig. 
Riley, the American, also wrecked on the west coast 
of Africa, and detained in slavery by the Moorish Chief 
Sidi-Hamet, gathered from the latter some correct notions 
relating to the city of Timbuctoo. According to him a 
small rive)' (it was then dry) runs near the walls of 
Timbuctoo, and a large river flows to the east at an hour's 
distance on horseback. This is undoubtedly the same with 
that of which he elsewhere speaks as the Zohbib, which 
is two hours' march to the south. The city is five times 
* The substitution of Bahr zahara (river of the desert) for Marza- 
rah, as proposed by M. Dupuis, appears improbable. See ReL 
d' Adams, page 136. 
