Temissa to Fuggha, 2 long summer days, and three and a half in winter, north-north-east. It is one day west of the Harutz el Abiad, and is situated in a wadey between two mountains, which run north-east and south-west.
They make very good jereeds and abas at Fuggha.
| North-east. | |||
| Fuggha to Zella (Zala of the maps) | 4 | days. | A well. |
| Zella to Marada | 4 | Well. | |
| Marada to Zdābia | 4 | Well. | |
| Zdābia to Benghāzi | 4 | Large town on the sea-coast. | |
| Fuggha to Benghāzi | 16 | days of 7 or 8 hours. | |
| Benghāzi to Derna. | |||
| Benghāzi to El Abiar f’il Naga | 1 | long day. | |
| El Abiar to Saas ou el Khōf | 1 | day. | |
| Saas toMarawa | 1 | day. | |
| Marawa to El Homrie (so named after acelebrated Marāboot whose tomb is there) | 1½ | ||
| East. | |||
| El Homrie to Garinna | 1 | ||
| Garinna to Legbaiba | 1 | ||
| Legbaiba to Derna | 1 | Town. | |
| 7½ | days. | ||
All these are watering places. Derna is a considerable town on the coast; it is walled, and has a large Mosque with sixty arches.
From Tegerry to Bilma, according to the Account of some Travellers recently arrived from thence.
| South | |||
| Tegerry to El Haat | 1 | day. | Resting place. |
| El Haat to Meshroo | 1 | Well. | |
| Meshroo to Teneïa | 1 | Rocks. | |
| Teneïa to El Wata | 1 | Resting place. | |
| El Wata to El Warr | 1 | A well. | |
| El Warr to El Hammer | 2 | A well. | |
| El Hammer to Maffrus | 2 | A well. | |
| Maffrus to Zhai | 2 | A well and domes. | |
| Zhai to El Mara | 1 | Well and domes. | |
| El Mara to Hatait el Dome | 1 | A well. | |
| Hatait to Uguira | 1 | Large town of Tibboo Kawār. | |
| Uguira to Kesbi | ½ | Town. | |
| Kesbi to Shenumma | ½ | Large town. | |
| Shenumma to Dirki | 1 | Large town. | |
| Dirki to Bilma | 2 | Very large town. | |
| Thus Tegerry to Bilma is | 18 | days of 8 or 9 hours. | |
I found no one who knew of the salt lakes of Domboo, laid down in all the maps; but there is abundance of salt at Agram, (which is four days from Bilma west-south-west,) and a large lake, on the borders of which this article is collected. The Tuarick of Aghades go there, and carry away great quantities to Soudan. This agrees with the accounts of Domboo; and from the circumstance of the Tuarick going to Agram, and the position of that place, I am led to imagine it may be the same with Domboo, though under another appellation. The Tibboo immediately to the northward of Bornou are Wandela, Gunda, and Traita, which tribes are all mingled together. Tibesty is east of the Bornou road, and on the road to Waday. I here saw a woman who pretended to tell fortunes by examining the palm of the hand; which is the first instance of the kind I have met with.
Belford considering himself quite unable to go to El Wiekh, whither I was about to proceed, I resolved on leaving him with the Kaid and Barca, to recruit his strength, proposing to return about the sixth day. I went to the gardens to see the dome trees, and obtained a few of the domes, but they were not quite ripe. The trees, which I saw were considered by the natives as small ones, being about twenty feet in height, and seven or eight in a cluster. I learnt that the fruit ripens in the spring about the same time as the corn. These trees have the trunk of the common palm, though covered with branches; and the domes grow from the sides, as well as the top of the tree. The leaves are all curved, and being very thick, form a pretty head; they are of a light green; and along their edges, and from their tops, a fibre resembling long black hair hangs down. They all unite at about three inches from their common stalk. This tree is the palm of Bornou, the Tibboo, and the Tuarick.
January 6th. Thermometer 4°; wind southerly.—It had been my wish this morning to proceed to the well called El Wiekh, in hopes of there meeting the Ghrazzie; but fearing to leave Belford for so long a time, I determined on riding out to the southward as far as the day would allow me: my object in so doing was to see the state of that part of the desert, which I found the same as the one we had passed. I returned at night, and learnt, that at Mogreb the Kaid of the town had arrived from Morzouk, with two camels laden with clothes, oil, butter, and other articles for Aleiwa and such of the Sultan’s immediate household as were with him: as this man brought news that the army would pass Tegerry on the morrow, it made my proposed journey unnecessary.