[287] Above Sennaar on the Blue Nile.

[288] A negro tribe, numbering nearly a million souls, inhabiting the banks of the White Nile for 200 miles northwards from the mouth of the Ghazal river.

[289] A powerful Arab tribe, living in the country between the Atbara and Kartoum.

[290] Capital of Kordofan.

[291] A large town in the south of Darfur.

[292] A district south of Kordofan.

[293] A district called by the Abysrians Bogos, on the road between Kassala and Massowah.

[294] A pretty town, with a good supply of water, and surrounded by excellent gardens.

[295] One ardeb = 5⅗ bushels.

[296] A kind of maize.