A narrative of travels in northern Africa in the years 1818, 19, and 20; accompanied by geographical notices of Soudan and of the course of the NigerLyon, G. F. (George Francis)
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A narrative of travels in northern Africa in the years 1818, 19, and 20; accompanied by geographical notices of Soudan and of the course of the Niger
Lyon, G. F. (George Francis)
Fezzan (Libya) -- Description and travel; Tripolitania -- Description and travel
In justice to the poor unenlightened beings whom they make
their prey, I must say that I never witnessed such innocence,
tenderness, and mildness as most of them evince when brought to
Morzouk, particularly at the death of any of their companions in
adversity. On these occasions they do not, like their persecutors,
scream and make an insincere wailing; but sit silent and in tears,
and often refuse their little allowance of food. Should one of the
females fall sick, the others nurse, feed, comfort, and very often
give up the whole of their scanty meal to the sufferer. I speak
merely of the women, for the men are not blessed with very kind
hearts; and it would be considered by them as disgraceful to betray
any soft and tender feeling. Should a woman have an infant belonging
to her, each of her companions in turn will carry and endeavour to
amuse it. The women very seldom become sullen, and are lively without
being at all boisterous or noisy; they are clean in their persons,
very fond of ornaments, tractable and easily taught; but in acquiring
knowledge they unfortunately lose much of their native simplicity.
_Kashna to Sakkatoo._
West.
Kashna to Zumma 1 day.
Zumma to Kalawa 3
Kalawa to Gadaya ½
Gadaya to Kararee 2 days.
Kararee to Tekamoorāfa 2
Tekamoorāfa to Sakkatoo 1
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Total 9½ days.
Two days farther west is Kebbi; half a day from which is a large
town called Bodinga.
Kashna to Gooberr five or six days west by south. This is a
principal Fellāta town, and was for some years the residence of
their Sultan. The houses are built in streets, surrounded by a wall,
and the adjacent country is very fine. Three days east-north-east
of Kashna is Tessawa, a town.
_From Kashna into Bornou._
East.
Kashna to Sabongaree 1 day.
Sabongaree to Roma 1
Roma to Beshi 1
Beshi to Kanno 1
Kanno is fourteen days from Birnie; it is governed by a Sultan,
and is a town of note.
North.
Kashna to Gayzaa 1 day.
Gayzaa to Zakari 1
Zakari to Ringhem 1
Here is a river of the same name, which comes from the countries
south of Kashna.
East.
Ringhem to Gongā 1 day.
Gongā to Mayga 1 producing many dome dates.
Mayga to Awyek 1
Awyek to Kattagum 1
Here the Nil, Goulbi, or Kattagum, passes from behind Kashna about
thirteen days south. It runs north-east at this place, and must
be crossed.
East.
Kattagum to Zoomawa 1 day.
Zoomawa to Gizzra ½
Gizzra to Ibrahim Zubbo ½
There is a tribe of Arabs here whose dwelling-place is called Bled
Ibrahim Zubbo, from the Sheikh who first established them as a
tribe. They are dark men without the negro features.
North.
Ibrahim Zubbo to Dowrā. 1 day.
Dowrā to Kalāwa 1
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