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from Cauga, it ought to have a certain declination 
to the westward. In short, it will fall very pre- 
cisely upon the position of the modern capital of 
Bornou. That Kuku is Bornou, is further ren- 
dered probable by the character of extraordinary 
magnitude * ascribed to both, much more than to 
any other city in this part of Africa. Dar Cooka 
is mentioned by Browne as a country near Cauga 
or Fittri ; and it is not difficult to suppose, that, at 
the period in question, the< name may have had a 
greater extension. 
With regard to the interval between Kuku and 
the Nile, the following appear to be all the data 
afforded : 
Kuku to Tamalma, east, 12 days' journey, 
Tarn alma to Matthan, \ C Z days. 
Matthan to Angimi, 8 days. 
Angimi to Zaghara, 6 days. 
Zaghara to Matthan, 8 days. 
Matthan to Tagua, 13 days. 
Tagua adjoins to Nuba. 
I must own, that I have in vain attempted to 
disentangle this labyrinth of distances without 
bearings. Zagara (Zagua, Abulfeda) seems to 
i)e the modern Zeghawa, a dependency of Darfuiv 
* Celeberrima et magnitudine praestans, — Edrisi. The 
population of Bornou is described as a countless multitude, 
— Association, (1790,) p. 144. 
