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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
OLIGUR
A
944407 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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