CHAP. vr. OF THE TIBBOO BORGOO. 267 
Borgoo to 
Bahr el Ghazal 5 days, south. 
Kanem 12 south-west. 
Waday 14 south-south-east. 
From the well of El Wiakh, w^hich is two days to the southward 
of Tegerry, is another road to Tibesty, shorter, yet at the same time 
more difficult than the other, being seven long days from thence to 
Brai', at which place rain water is found. These seven days are 
over a black range of mountains, which are destitute of water, 
grass, shrubs, or living animals ; and in many places so very difficult 
of ascent, that camels and horses often meet their death by falls in 
passing them. The plain round the well of El Wiakh is said to be 
quite covered with human and other bones. In the Kaffles coming 
from Waday, many of the slaves and animals are often so exhausted 
by fatigue in passing this dreary road, that on being allowed a day's 
rest, they become too stiff and sore to be able to proceed, and are 
thus left to perish. Many poor sinking wretches are deserted by 
their masters while yet alive, and it not unfrequently happens, that 
in order to get the healthy slaves to a resting-place, the sick ones 
are left to their fate. 
Arna and Brai are three days apart. Berdai (which I take to 
be the Berdoa of the maps) is two days east of Tibesty. From 
Brai to Marmar is nine days south-east. 
A tribe of Tibboo, called by some Febaboo, is not known. I 
suspect Aboo, in Tibesty, is the name from which it has been 
taken by mistake. It is a small town, and not, as has been sup- 
posed, a tribe. 
January 24th. — This morning I sat in the MezHs, and saw the 
Arabs and Sultan's people buying and selling the recently captured 
slaves. The manner of conducting the sale was quite new to me, 
and let me into the secret of the method taken by the great man to 
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