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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.
223830
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 Batuta.-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. - Ahmed the Traveler. - My Bórnu
Friends.-The Vizier el Háj Beshir; 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............
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.-Kawa.-Return to Kúkawa.-Servants dismissed.-Mohammed
Titiwi, 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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