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Egypt, the Bahr be la ma of Mr. Horneman ; of the latter there 
can be no doubt.* 
My friend, the Shereef Brahima had, as well as some others, 
been to Mecca and Medina. I place great rehance on this man's 
information (invariably confirmed by the Negroes) from his caution 
and diffidence, and my experience of his character; for he was 
ultimately a valuable friend to the Mission : he was the only Moor 
who dared to refuse to be present at human sacrifices. The MS. 
No. 2. is his writing, and professedly the route from Dagwumba 
through Bornoo to Massar.f it consists of six pages well written. 
This would have been a valuable man to have engaged to travel 
through the interior, for he was capable of making circumstantial 
minutes, and I think he might have been engaged to do so by 
a moderate Fort pay. The Moors talk much of the King of 
* The following, in the left hand column, are the places or countries as written by 
Mr. Hutchison, after the Jenne Moor, agreeing with those the Moors reported to me. 
Shuewa - - - - Shewa Abenassa. 
Swiss - - Sooess. 
Zall - - - - Zaloo, 
Machazoogee _ _ _ Machawazoo. 
Tabarbass, cultivation, volcano from the Quolla two 
days, two days to the top, 
Askanderee - - - - Askandaraia or Sakunderfee. 
The latter place is Alexandria. The Moors called the Mediterranean Sea to me by two 
names, Baharle Malee, and Sabbaha Bahoori. Mr. Hutchison writes it Baramela or 
Bahermale. and adds, " Seven rivers from Africa turn their course to it, but only two 
reach the shores, of which the Nile is one. The rush of the waters of the Nile when they 
meet the sea, is so great, that the waves are driven into the air with great force, and 
retire like waves against a rock. The Red Sea, they say, assumes various colours at 
different periods from seven streams pouring their course into it, salt water and fresh, 
red, blue, yellow, &c." 
-f- Half of the inhabitants of Massar are white, and half black ; they have a Fort 
and Governor." W. H. 
j. Tabarrabass. 
