Computation of the days’ journeys. § III.—Of the nomenclature. § IV.—Of some results of the travels of M. Caillié. § V.—Of the course of the Dhioliba above and below Timbuctoo. CHAPTER II. VOCABULARIES COLLECTED BY M. CAILLIÉ. English and Mandingo vocabulary. Kissour vocabulary. Observations on the vocabularies. CHAPTER III. M. Caillié’s Itinerary. CHAPTER IV. Explanation of the plates. Miscellaneous notes. CHAPTER V. Documents and miscellaneous papers. CORRESPONDENCE. [Illustration: MAP of the ROUTE travelled by M. CAILLIE TO JENNÉ AND TIMBUCTOO, Compiled from his Journal By M. JOMARD _Member of the Royal Institute of France_ 1829] TRAVELS TO TIMBUCTOO, _ &c., &c._ * * * * * CHAPTER XIX. Departure for Timbuctoo on the 13th of March — Description of the banks of the river — Slaves released from their chains — Populous villages — Vessels of from sixty to eighty tons burthen — Branch of the river forming a large island — Mode of building canoes — Villages of Banan — Character of the Mandingoes — Description of Lake Debo — Islands called St. Charles, Henry, and Maria-Theresa. About half past nine o’clock we left the port. We did not waste much time in adieus; my friends saw me on board, wished me a safe voyage, and departed exclaiming: _Salam alécoom, Abdallah_. The sherif, with whom the gift of my umbrella rendered me such a favourite, directed me to his correspondent at Timbuctoo, to whom he particularly recommended me in a letter, which he sent by the superintendent of the cargo. I had reason to be grateful for his kind foresight, to which I was indebted for the friendly reception I experienced on my arrival in the capital of the Western Soudan. Though the heat was beginning to be exceedingly oppressive, I remained on deck, for the canoe was very full. The river makes several windings; its course is rapid; and as it is extremely shallow, we were obliged several times to unload the vessel in order to pass over the sandbanks. The negroes in the neighbourhood helped to load and unload the canoe, and to push it forward; all this, of course, occasioned considerable delay. About two o’clock we reached the majestic Dhioliba, which flows slowly from W. N. W. At this part it is very deep, and about three times the width of the Seine at the Pont-Neuf. It takes a turn of about two miles to the south; its banks are low and very barren. The distance from Jenné to this river is, I should imagine, about ten miles. After flowing two miles to the southward, it turns to the N. N. E. About four o’clock we arrived at Cougalia, where I had previously crossed the river. Aided by the current I suppose we made about two miles an hour.