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country, while others wander on the frontiers, and 
are very numerous ; and a number of emigrants 
from the neighbouring states, particularly Dongola, 
Muhas, Sennaar, and Kordofan. Besides these, Dar- 
fur comprehends the inhabitants of various subor- 
dinate districts, that are sometimes dependant on 
Darfur, and sometimes on the surrounding na- 
tions : as Dar Rugna, which is generally subject 
to Bergoo ; Dar Berti, Bego, or Dageou, between 
Darfur and Bergoo, the power of which formerly 
predominated over the Furian tribes ; and Zegha- 
wa, formerly an independent kingdom, that was ac- 
customed to raise a thousand cavalry in war, the 
inhabitants of which are different in their features 
from the negroes. The Zeghawese use a different 
dialect from the Furian tribes. Zeghawa lies in 
N. lat. 15° 1'. Kordofan, a considerable district 
on the east of Darfur, lies between that kingdom 
and Sennaar, and seems to be sometimes independ- 
ent, and, at other times, subject to the most pow- 
erful of its neighbours. Frequent hostilities have 
produced an inveterate animosity between the na- 
tives of Kordofan and Darfur. The Kordofanese 
venerate the memory of Aboucalec, one of their 
governors, who renounced the allegiance of Sen- 
naar, about the time that Mr Bruce returned from 
Abyssinia. At his death, Kordofan was reduced 
by Darfur, but had again rebelled when the . lat- 
ter country was visited by Mr Browne, and had 
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