TRAVELS

AND

NORTH AND

DISCOVERIES IN

CENTRAL AFRICA

BEING A JOURNAL OF AN EXPEDITION
UNDERTAKEN

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF

H. B. MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT BY HENRY
BARTH PH.D. D.C.L. * *

NEW YORK PUBLISHED BY THE
DRALLOP PUBLISHING COMPANY
166 SIXTH AVENUE MDCCCXCVI

37X 917

TRAVELS AND DISCOVERIES

IN

NORTH AND CENTRAL AFRICA.

BEING A

JOURNAL OF AN EXPEDITION

UNDERTAKEN

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF H. B. M.'S GOVERNMENT.

IN THE YEARS

1849-1855.

BY

HENRY BARTH, PH.D., D.C.L.,

FELLOW OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL AND ASIATIC SOCIETIES,
&c., &c.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. II.
✓

NEW YORK:

HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,

FRANKLIN SQUARE.

1857. ✓
F.E.E

A

CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

CHAPTER XXIX.

AUTHENTICITY AND GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE HISTORY OF BÓRNU.

Documents.-Beginning of written History.-Pedigree of the Bórnu Kings.—

Chronology.-Harmony of Facts.-The Séfuwa Dynasty.-E'bn Khaldun.-

Makrízí and E ́bn Batúta.-Surprising Accuracy of the Chonicle of Bórnu.-

Statement of Leo Africanus.-Berber Origin of the Séfuwa.-Form of Govern-

ment. The Berber Race.-The Queen Mother.-Indigenous Tribes.-The

Tedá or Tebu.-The Soy.-Epochs of Bórnu History.-Greatest Power.-De-

cline of the Bórnu Empire.-The Kánemíyín........

CHAPTER XXX.

THE CAPITAL OF BÓRNU.

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My Friends.-The Arab Ahmed bel Mejúb.-The Púllo I'brahím from the Sene-

gal. - Dangerous Medical Practice. — A ́hmed the Traveler.- My Bórnu

Friends.-The Vizier el Háj Beshír; his Career; his Domestic Establishment;

his Leniency.-Debts of the Mission paid.-The English House.-Plague of

Insects. - Preparations for a Journey. — Character of Kúkawa. — The two

Towns.-The great Market.-Business and Concourse.-Defective Currency.

-Prices of Provisions.-Fruits.-Camels.-Horses.-Want of native Industry.

-Bórnu Women.-Promenade.........

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CHAPTER XXXI.

THE TSÁD.

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Character of the Road to Ngórnu.-Ngórnu.-Searching the Tsád.-Longer Ex-

cursion.-Character of the Shores of the Tsád.-The Búdduma and their

Boats.-Fresh Water.-Swampy Plains.-Boats of the Búdduma again.-

Maduwári.-Dress of the Sugúrti.-Account of the Lake.-Shores of the Creek.

-Sóyorum.-Káwa.-Return to Kúkawa.-Servants dismissed.-Mohammed

Titíwi, the auspicious Messenger.-Slave-caravan.-Announcement of Rainy

Season.-Ride to Gawánge.-Mr. Overweg's Arrival.-Meeting.-Property re-

stored.-Mercantile Intrigues.-The Sheikh's Relatives.-Messengers from

A'damáwa.-Anticipated Importance of the Eastern Branch of the Niger.-

Proposed Journey to A'damáwa.........

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