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206 MISSION TO ASHANTEE. 
Santambool, * as a powerful monarch and formidable to the 
Christians. 
It will excite surprise that I heard nothing of Wangara,f' as was 
the case with Mr. Brown, not even after I had, contrary to my 
general custom, submitted the name : but I heard very much spon- 
taneously of Oongooroo. Mr. Horneman called Wangara, Ungura^ 
and De Lisle, Ouangara, we shall find it in the route from Yaoora 
to Bornoo or Barranoo. Bornoo was described to me about north- 
east from Yaoora, which agrees very well with Major RennelFs 
position, established beyond all contradiction short of an observa- 
tion, but, the horizontal distance, (lowering the place of Yaoora as 
I have done) thence to Bornoo would be upwards of 1000 B. 
miles, whereas they described it to be but 51 journies, which 
allowing 20 miles to each, as the country was said to be much 
more favourable to travelling, and the path more direct than that 
we came, would give but an horizontal distance of 680 B. miles. 
Mr. Horneman heard that Bornu was but 15 journies from Kassina; 
I was told 33 if walked. 19 if rode. Major Rennell has made the 
distance about 30 journies, considering the 15 journies appHcable 
to the Avestern boundaries of the empire, and not to the capital. 
W e will now return to Yahndi and proceed northwards to 
Houssa. Nineteen journies from Yahndi is Matchaquawdie, six 
beyond is Goorooma, 10 thence Dolooe, subject to Goorooma, and 
only five journies from the Quolla, described as about two miles 
wide there. When Amadi Eatouma mentioned that he passed 
* Stambool is the Arabic pronuntiation of the familiar or vulgar name of Constanti- 
noplej the etymology of which is jg-a^aaj ttoXiv. 
f Mr. Hutchison writes, " Wangara is the name of a region comprehending Mosee 
Kong, and other neighbouring countries south of the Niger (if not some to the nortJi of 
it) but Oongooroo is the name of the country laying between Cassina and Bornoo.)'' 
Mr. Park has Wangeera in the route from Sego to the coast of Guinea. 
