- Jeka, half a day.
- Alieru, 3 hours.
- Maddadi, 4 hours.
- Margai, 4 hours.
- Magagin Kada, 2 hours.
- Gommu-gommu, 4 hours.
- Binji, 2 hours.
- Kandai, 2 hours.
- Silami, half a day.
- Yabo, 5 hours.
- Dundaai, half a day.
- Quallai, 3 hours.
- Dagga, one long day.
- Indaba, half a day.
- Assara, one long day.
- Zaia, one long day.
- Manni, half a day.
- Durgalai, 2 hours.
- Killarai, 2 hours.
- Fadaita, half a day.
- Kotuturu, half a day.
- Tofa, half a day.
- Gidan Majibta, 2 hours.
- Maikuiaire, half a day.
- Kundus, 1 ½ hours.
- Quaquara, 2 hours.
These are all considerable towns and villages. As to their relative position, I have merely written down how distant one is from the other.
The following is a list which I have obtained of the Tibboo nations (or tribes):—
- Etteri, two days north of Kuka or Bornou.
- Gunda, seven days north from Bornou.
- Arinda, one day from Gunda.
- Yurimma, two days from Gunda.
- Wandala, three days east from Yurimma.
- Gaidua, four days east from Wandala.
- Mussaui, seven days east from Wandala.
- Sakkarta, seven days east from Wandala.
- Madema, two days east from Sakkarta (country of Kanum).
- Choiokkera, four days east from Madema.
- Tumbela, two days north from Gunda.
- Masella, eleven days north from Bornou (a country of dates).
- El-Wudda, one day from Marsella.
- Dummeya, thirty days east of Bornou (in Borgu).
- Zuaeda, the Tibesti people.
- Tamara, country of Bilma, &c.
- Tauwia, two days north of Bilma.
- Etmada, one day north from Bilma.
- Addubocha, fifteen days east of Bilma.
- Fuktua, one day east from Addubocha.
- Abuya, two days north from Fuktua.
- Belguda, eight days east of Bilma.
- Nuazma, three days east of Belguda.
- Karrai, three days east of Kameru, near the Chada.
[25] In the former route, Basher is given as only three hours from Kuka. In the next route, Bagusu is made eight hours from Kuka, whilst a little back we have it set down at only half that distance. These discrepancies, of course, set geographers on their guard against placing any absolute dependence on native reports. I remember once questioning the inhabitants of a village in Egypt about the distance of a particular place. One said, five or six hours; others said, a short day; and others, a long day. However, by comparison of various statements, perhaps something like the truth may be reached.—Ed.
[26] These countries seem very far south, and yet are said to be under the Sheikh. More information is required on this point.
[27] G, large place, or town; S, small place, village. Dictated by the Fellatah horse-dealer, Nammadina.