4th day. Tímmísau (hasi Músa? I think, it cannot be the well of that
name on the direct road from Tawát to Mabrúk, which would give this
whole route a far more westerly direction). Near the well is a rocky
eminence like a castle, and famous on account of the tale of the
footprint of Moses’ horse, a story also attaching to the other well
which I mentioned. It appears, from this route, that the arid desert,
the Tanezrúfet, becomes narrower and more contracted towards the east.
7th. Ín-azál; the last march but half a day.
9th. Súk, or “e’ Súk” (Essúk), the ancient dwelling-place of the Kél e’
Súk, now without settled inhabitants, situated between two “kódia,” or
hilly eminences, one lying towards the E. and the other towards the W.,
just as the ancient city of Tademékka is described, with which it was
evidently identical (see the journal). The town was destroyed by the
Songhay conqueror, Sonni ʿAlí, in the latter half of the fifteenth
century. The vale is said to be rich in trees.
11th. Gúnhan, another site of an ancient dwelling-place, and once the
residence of the Kel-gúnhan, with a hilly eminence.
13th. Takerénnat, another site.
14th. Tel-ákkevín (or Tin-ákkevín), a well.
16th. Tin-óker; the last stage half a day’s march.
18th. Gógó, or Gágho, the last day again a short one.