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inhabitants of each of which speak a different lan- 
guage ; their religion is Mahometan ; they are 
brave warriors, and increase the armies of Bergoo. 
The natives of Bergoo lay waste the countries on 
which they make war, by sudden incursions, and 
never proceed to the field accompanied by their 
women, like the inhabitants of Darfur and other 
states. 
On the S. W., S., and S. E., Darfur, Bergoo, 
and Begarmee, are bounded, and in many places 
intersected, by Pagan tribes, that inhabit woody 
and mountainous districts, who sometimes submit 
to their more powerful neighbours, but more fre- 
quently assert their independence. Some of these 
Pagan tribes are represented as formidable warriors, 
who never retreat from the combat. They fight 
with poisoned arrows, and ignited spears, which the 
women heat to redness in fires, which they kindle 
behind the warriors; and with these they supply 
them, as their weapons cool. These tribes are chiefly 
of two descriptions ; of which the one have woolly 
hair, and exhibit the true features of the Guinea 
negro ; while the other are of a reddish colour, 
among which are the natives of Harraza on the N. 
of Kordofan, about N. L. 15°, and Long. E. G. 
32°. Tumurkee lies on the W. of Darfur. Be- 
yond it lie numerous tribes of independent ne- 
groes, who are frequently invaded by the Begar- 
meese and the inhabitants of Bergoo and Darfur, 
who often proceed forty journeys to the S. and S. 
