[165]I am aware that Mr. Beaufoy was told that the river of Bornou runs to the NW, into the Desert of Bilma. [Af. Assoc. Q. p. 142: O. 215.]
[166]D’Anville, Mém. Inscrip. Vol. xxvi. p. 67.
[167]Edrisi, p. 13.
[168]Ib. p. 16.
[169]It appears that a report of the same kind was communicated to Mr. Beaufoy; namely, that a branch of the Egyptian Nile runs into the Desert of Bilma. (Af. Assoc. Q. p. 138: O. p. 209.) There does not, however, appear to be any foundation for believing that the Nile sends forth any branch above Egypt. All the notices of this kind may with more probability, be referred to a communication with the waters of Kauga.
[170]Mém. Inscrip. Vol. xxvi. p. 66.
[171]Page 2. 255.
[172]Af. Assoc. 1790, ch. xii.