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TRAVELS IN NORTHERN AFRICA. CHAP. iii. 
He is considered as great a man as tlie Sultan of Fezzan. Dome 
dates are in great plenty : the common ones are scarce, and never 
arrive at any degree of perfection. The soil of the country is 
earth, not sand, and is quite covered with grass. There are large 
trees, chiefly the Talhh. Corn and vegetables are in plenty, and 
animal food is very cheap. The people are rigid Moslems. 
Kashna is 20 days from Noofy. I here give an account of the 
road, as we received it from a friend of Horneman's, who is well 
acquainted with Soudan. 
Kashna to Yandekka. 
Yandekka to Doogroomakee. 
Doogroomakee to Zurmee, a very large town. 
Zurmee to Faoushee, or Zanfara. 
Faoushee to Doofa Mafora. 
West.<| Doofa Mafora to Thalata noma. 
Thalata noma to Bacoora. 
Bacoora to Gandee. 
Gandee to Burnee dengada. 
Burnee dengada to Sakkatoo, a large FeUata town. 
. Sakkatoo to Milferadaati ; from whence several small 
towns are passed until Noofy, which is a country on the borders 
of the ISTil. Its chief town is Bakkanee ; and it was there that 
Horneman died, in the house of a man called Ali el Felatni, Our 
informant gave the following account of his having accompanied 
Horneman from jVIorzouk to that place. They first became ac- 
quainted in Fezzan, from whence they went together with a large 
Kaffle to Bornou, when they separated. After Horneman had 
resided three or four months there, they again met in a Kaffle 
going to Kashna, and associated much together. The people be- 
came greatly attached to Horneman, on account of his amiable 
