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TRAVELS IN AFRICA, 
CHAP. XVIII. 
D AR-FU R. 
On the mode of trawU'mg in Africa — Scafons in Dar-Fur~—' 
Animals — ^ladrupeds — Birds — Reptiles and InfeSts — Metals 
and Minerals — Plants. 
O N E mode of travelling, with fmall variations, obtains 
through all the north of Africa. I mean by caravans (from. 
y^'i Karu, to wander from place to place). When the inha- 
bitants have occafion to pafs the boundaries of their refpe<flive 
ftates, they form themfelves into a larger or fmaller body, 
united under one head. Their alTociation is produced by con- 
fiderations of mutual convenience and fecurity, as even the moft 
eafy and fafeft of the roads they are to pafs, would yet be dif- 
ficult and dangerous for a fmgle traveller. 
Three diftin£t caravans are employed in bringing flaves, and 
other commodities, from the interior of Africa to Kahira. One 
of them comes ftraight from Murzuk, the capital of Fezzan, 
another from Sennaar, and the third from Fur. They do not 
arrive at fixed periods, but after a greater or lefs interval, ac- 
cording to the fuccefs they may have had in procuring flaves, 
and fuch other articles as are fitted to the market, the orders 
of 
