1 day. Boré, a large town, seat of a governor. Country mountainous,
intersected by channels for irrigating the kitchen gardens. Cotton,
rice, and corn is cultivated. All these appear to be very long days’
marches.
2 days. Timme, a large town, seat of a governor. On the road you see the
Dhiúliba, or rather its floods, on your right, at least during part of
the year. Cultivation of rice exclusively.
2 days. Karí or Konna (as the Songhay call it), seat of a governor, and
important as a market-place. All the black inhabitants of the town speak
the Songhay language. The town is also called Benne-n-dúgu or Bana-n-
dugu, the tribe of that name, the Benni, having probably extended much
farther to the N. in former times. See Caillié ii. p. 16.
2 days. Niakóngo, seat of a governor of the name of Háj Módi, brother of
Háj ʿOmár. After the rainy season, the floods of the river closely
approach the town.