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GEOGRAPHICAL SYSTEMS. 
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 m.ay have had 
a greater extension. 
With regard to the interval between Kuku and 
the Nile, the following appear to be all the data 
aiforded : — 
Kuku to Tamalma, east, 12 days' journey* 
Tamalma to Mat than, 12 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 
te the modern Zeghawa, a dependency of Darfur. 
Angimi (Begama of Ibn-al-Vardi) may be consi- 
dered the modern Begarmee, or Begherme. Fur- 
ther than this I doubt if any of the above posi« 
tions could be fixed with much confidence. 
During the flourishing era of Arabian science, 
Europe was sunk in darkness and lethargy ; and 
its inhabitants, far from knowing or studying the 
geography of the remote parts of the world, were 
ignorant probably of that of the province imme^ 
