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Wara to Fittre 5 .or 6 days south. 
to Muddago 5 days south-west, 
to Bahr el Ghazal 7 days north-west, 
to Kaugha 6, 7, or 8 days south-west. 
Muddago is the name of some very high mountains of black 
stone. 
Eattah, which is laid down as a river, was the bed of an immense 
stream, now dried up entirely. He had liimself seen in it large 
skeletons of fish and animals, shells, and trunks of trees, as in Bahr 
el Ghazal, from which it is north-west 5 days, and to which, per- 
haps, it was once attached. It still retains its name Bahr or river. 
He said, that from Gatrone to Wara there was not a river, or even 
a rivulet of any importance, except in the rainy season, when the 
torrents form themselves temporary beds in the Wadeys. 
The slaves brought from Waday are procured from Kooka, 
or Kaugha, Kola, Tama, Eunga, and various petty states in their 
vicinity. 
The Tibboo have a particular breed of sheep and goats here, of 
the same race as those of Bornou and Soudan. The tails of the 
sheep are in some so long as to touch the ground, and are very 
taper. These animals are distinguished from the other species, by 
being called Majiggri ; they are hairy, and generally of a dark 
colour. The goats are elegant httle creatures, and have hair as 
sleek and shining as that of a horse. They are plentiful, and 
tolerably cheap. 
December 31st. Thermometer 4". I was unable all yesterday to 
procure one dollar's worth of corn, owing to its extreme scarcity ; 
and even Gaphooly, or Indian wheat, bore the same price as corn at 
Morzouk. 
My Maherry being in very poor case, the Maraboot promised 
to take care of him until my return from the southward. This 
