CHAPTER VL 
General Remarks on the Empires of Bornou and CaJJma. — Rout 
from Mourzouk to Bornou — Climate of Bornou — Complexiojt^ 
Drefs, and Food of the Inhabitants— Their Mode of Building — 
Their Language — Govermnent — Military Force — Manners — 
and Trade. 
To the South of the kingdom of Fezzan, in that vail: region 
which fpreads itfelf from the river of the Antelopes weftward 
for 1 200 miles, and includes a confiderable part of the Niger's 
courfe, two great empires, thofe of Bornou and thofe of Cafhna, 
are eftablifhed. 
The circumftances of foil and climate, and thofe alfo which 
conftitute political character, are nearly the fame in both : for their 
prevailing 
