IN CENTRAL AFRICA. 353 
" Timbuctoo is at the farthest turn of the river : Ka- 
bara is half a day's journey from that city. 
" Masera is beyond the branch which comes from 
Sego. 
" The Touariks occupy the country adjoining Tim- 
buctoo to the north^ &c." 
I pass over in silence the other places unconnected 
with the route of M. Caillie^ or which he has not men- 
tioned. 
This account appeared at first very obscure ; but by 
reading, with me, Massina instead of Masera, and 
Djene (or Djenne, instead of Djeri), every thing is ex- 
plained. 
It is easy to confound a 7ioun without a point ^ 
with a^ re, A similar error, I think, has been committed 
in the name of Ba-niou which has been read Raniou 
taking a he without a point j for a^ re. 
The word Dombari, a mountain represented upon 
the map of the Fellata writer, ought, upon the principle 
already laid down, to be read in two words Oun-hari. 
M. Caillie having informed us that the situation 
of Djenne is in an island, it will be immediately re- 
cognised in that of Djeri, actually situated at seven 
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