Route from Kuka to Mourzuk.
From Kuka, north, to
- Urutua, half a day; small village.
- Karillewa, half a day; a well.
- Yau, half a day; walled town, large river.
- Burwa, twelve hours; walled town.
- Wuddi, twelve hours; stream, running into the Tchad (great lake).
- Gaigomai, four hours; small villages and rivers.
- Bir-Hamam, twelve hours; well.
- Kufai, nine hours; one tree; resting-place, formerly a well.
- Kibbu, fifteen hours; a well.
- Bel-Kashefferri, three days, and arrive the fourth day after six hours.
- Agdem, one day and a-half; well, large rocks and sandhills.
- Dubbula, two days; well, large rocks and sandhills.
- Zau, one day and a-half; well, large sandhills.
- Musguatin, seven hours; well, rocks.
- Bilma, four hours; large walled town.
- Shummenduro, eleven hours; town upon the rocks.
- Dirku, two hours; walled town, and residence of the Sultan of the Tibboos (capital).
- Ashennema, half a day; village and rocks.
- Amchumma, ten hours; village and rocks.
- Anai, two hours; village and rocks.
- Yuguba, twelve hours; a well.
- Sigdem, twelve hours; well and rocks.
- Maffarus, one day and a half; well.
- Lahmer, one day and a half; well and rocks.
- War, three days; well, and mountains of great height and magnitude.
- Meshru, two days; well and rocks.
- Oma, twelve hours. Here the traveller at length sees a forest of date-palms; and the first district of Fezzan begins.
- Tajerrhi, eleven hours; walled town.
- Kazraua, twelve hours; village.
- Mudrusai, half a day; village.
- Gatron, two hours; village.
- Hafari, twelve hours; well and date-palms.
- Mustutai, fifteen hours; well and date-palms.
- Bithan, twelve hours; village.
- Sidi Beshir, half a day; village.
- Mourzuk, three hours.
Obs.—All the Tibboo districts, like those of Fezzan, have forests of date-palms. Between Maffarus and Oma there is no herbage during seven days. The greatest quantity of sand in this route is found between Agdem and Zau.
Route from Kuka, to Mandara.
From Kuka, south, to
- Manguno, nine hours; a large town.
- Dikua, half a day; a walled town, and residence of a sultan.
- Gasa, ten hours; a village.
- Quondega, seven hours; a large village.
- Gamergu, five hours; a large village.
- Karaua, twelve hours; first country of Mandara, of great height.
- Izgai, four hours; village and rocks.
- Dulo, four hours; villages and rocks.
- Mora, three hours; a walled city, and capital of Mandara, a small city, containing not more than ten thousand souls. The Sultan has five hundred cavalry and one thousand eunuchs. These poor devils are made here. The Kerdies or pagans upon the neighbouring mountains are called Matacum. These mountains are said to be of considerable altitude.