282 REMARKS ON TRAVELS 
Sego, according to the itinerary^ lies due north by 
the needle of Badiarana, that is north seventeen degrees 
west. This direction exactly passes through the position 
which I have assigned to Sego^ from the observation of 
Sami^ by Mungo Park. 
The bearing of Sego is likewise precisely indicated 
by the N, N. W. line of the compass, drawn from Sa- 
racle.* 
The course of the Dhioliba, from Sego to Jenne^ 
west and east, and the position of Sego, are still more 
strongly confirmed by data with which the traveller was 
furnished at Bamba. Sego is three days' journey N. W. 
of that place ; and at noon on the fourth, the city of 
Sego is reached : these are long days' journeys. The 
proportion of three to four, or rather of three to three and 
two thirds, will be actually found as I have traced it. 
Lastly, it is elsewhere expressly said, that Sego is 
five days west of Jenn^ ; the new map gives W. J S. W. 
All these data, it is plain, perfectly coincide ; and although 
they are not authenticated by a single good celestial ob- 
servation, yet they agree too well together to allow one 
to venture upon deranging the whole itinerary of our 
traveller^ and carrying the city of Sego and with it the 
* The journal shows four days' distance ; these must be days of 
twelve leagues : there are actually eight ordinary days' journeys with 
the windings. 
