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c, c, c. Warehouses. 
d. First court. 
£. Second court, 
/. Stables. 
g. Kitchen of the slaves. 
h. Lodging of the slaves. 
i. Privies. 
Fig. 5. The front elevation of the house. Over 
the door is a chamber, the window of 
which is closed by a wooden lattice, as in 
the towns of the Levant; and above are 
some earthen vessels for the use of the 
pigeons. Upon the wall are seen small 
gutters of earthenware, to carry off the 
water. 
PI. VI. View of part of the town of Timbuctoo, taken 
from the summit of a hill to the E. N. E. 
1 . The great mosque, or western mosque. 
2. East, or east north east mosque. 
3. Third mosque. 
4. House of Osman, the chief who governs at 
Timbuctoo. 
5. House of Sidi-Abdallah-Chebir. 
6. The market. 
7 . Caravan coming from the Tafilet. 
PI. Vll. Itinerary map, and general map of the travels. 
The scale of the first map is of one to a 
million ; that of the other is one-eight 
millionth, or the eighth part of the former. 
It is to be regretted that these scales could 
