444 hoeneman's travels. 
journey in circumference during the dry season, 
but is increased by the rains to double that mag- 
mtude. The natives dwell in huts, and are in a 
very low state of civilization. To the east lies 
Begarmee, famous for its slave trade, or rather 
slave stealing. Still further east lie Wadey and 
Metho, (the same probably with the Bergoo of 
Browne,) and beyond them Darfur. 
With regard to the river exploited by Park, and 
which Europeans call the Niger^ Mr Horneman's 
information is, that it flowed from Tombuctoo 
eastward through the kingdoms of Haussa, parti- 
cularly Nyffe and Cabi, where it is called Gulbi, 
(the same as Joliba) ; it then passed through part 
of Bornou, whence it turned suddenly southwards, 
and, passing along the southern frontier of Dar- 
fur, flowed on to Sennaar, being the same stream 
with the Bahr-el-Abiad, or Egyptian Nile. One 
person, however, assured him, that the communi- 
cation took place only during the wet season, and 
that at other times the Nile was reposing, or non 
After some stay at Fezzan, Mr Horneman made 
an excursion to Tripoli, whence he returned to 
Fezzan on the 29th January 1800. On the 6th 
April, he writes on the point of setting out with 
the caravan for Bornou, along with two great She- 
reefs, whose protection he considers as placing 
him in full security. No intelligence being re- 
