a river.
Abagai, two hours; small village.
Kuddaigai, one hour; small village.
Sokoma, one hour; a large walled town.
Millehai, two hours; a small place.
Magarta, three hours; a large walled town.
Dellehai, half a day; a large place.
TERRITORY OF MANDARA.
Muddebai, a long day; a large walled town.
Dulo, eight hours; a large walled town.
Mandara, three hours; a city about the size of Mourzuk.
A day's journey from Mandara is sufficient to make a razzia of slaves.
Muzgu, a great Kerdi country, is three days' journey from Mandara.
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_Route from Kanou to Sakkatou._
From Kanou:
Dal, three hours; several small villages, where tobes are dyed with
indigo.
Zalia (Zaria?), a walled town, containing some 20 or 30,000 souls, and
residence of a sultan; one long day.
Lariski, half a day; a small village.
Gaia, eight hours; a large walled town, and residence of a sultan.
Kafela, half a day; small village.
Yakuba, five hours; a walled town, and residence of a sultan.
Mukubi, three hours; a small town on the banks of a river, in which
there is always water.
Keskaua, half a day; a small village.
Gala, eight hours; a walled town, and about the size of Zinder;
residence of a sultan.
Kusuri, one long day; a large walled town, and residence of a sultan. A
river, having always water.
Lokoui, one long day; a walled town, and residence of a sultan. The same
river as at Kusuri.
Sakkatou, eight hours. This journey is reckoned at twenty days.
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_Route from Taghajeet to Tuat._
From Taghajeet, on the northern frontiers of Aheer, to
Asaiou, two days and a-half; water-station. (All the following names are
water-stations, i.e. places where there are wells.)
Logsur, three days and a-half; well: and so of the rest.
Gharghar, three days; tents of wandering tribes of Tuaricks, principally
Hagar and Maghatah.
Yaizair, two days. From Gharghar to Tuat there are tents of Tuaricks
along all this line of route.
Aifak, one day.
Tamaghaset, one day.
Outur (or Utur), one day.
Tairagin, one day.
Tailak, two days.
Ennimgal, three days.
Tahalai-Oget, two days.
Tisnu, two days.
Minneat, two days.
Tagajert, two days.
Amasir, two days.
Arak, two days.
Tajmut, two days.
Tegtamin, one day.
Agmamar, two days.
Loknaig, two days.
Shab, two days.
Hash-Lugwaira, one day.
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