Ben Alli.
[20]The walls of the greatest part of the houses are built of a composition of earth and sand, and are often washed down by the heavy rains; but others are formed of the more durable materials of stones and bricks.
The roofs are composed of the branches of trees, which are covered with layers of earth, and the whole building is white-washed with a species of chalk.
Ben Alli.
[21]Bornoo is situated in a flat country, on the banks of a small river.
Ben Alli.
[22]Bornoo, though a town of greater extent than Tripoli, consists of a multitude of houses, so irregularly placed that the spaces between them cannot be called streets. It is furnished with mosques, which are constructed of brick and of earth; and with schools, in which the Koran is taught, as in the principal towns of Barbary.
Ben Alli.
[23]In time of peace the Sultan always resides in the capital.
Ben Alli.