1st day. Bisága, a ksar of Aswánek, having passed the heat of the day in
Jóga.
2nd. Joróni, a ksar of Aswánek. In the morning, not far from Bisága you
pass Medína, a large place, and further on Demmundáli, and rest during
the heat of the day in Ágwenít, a considerable ksar, likewise inhabited
by Aswánek.
3rd. Túreghámme, another ksar of Aswánek, having passed the heat in a
place called Kurche.
4th. Jebéga, a ksar of Aswánek. The traveller enters Kaarta, and the
roads divide. Jebéga is said to be two days S.E. of Mesíla.
5th. Samankéde, a place inhabited at present by Bámbara. You pass the
heat in a village called Aréri, and leave the village Chencha on one
side.
6th. El Káb, a ksar of Aswánek, having passed another place called Bú-
Swéde, and rested during the greatest heat in Kórkoró.
7th. Brenta, one of the chief places of the Aswánek. You pass the heat
in Yóri, another place of the Aswánek.
8th. Tenge, a village inhabited by Bámbara, and dominating a mountain
pass. You halt during the hot hours of the day in Kása, a village
inhabited by Bámbara people.
9th. Mámuru, the residence of a chief called Dembo Weled Músa Korbo,
situated in a wide valley. You rest during the heat in Mowedína, a town
inhabited by Bámbara and governed by a chief of the name of Hassan
Bébelé.
10th. Lewána, a large place, and residence of a governor dependent on
the King of Ségo. You rest at noon in a village inhabited by slaves of
the Bámbara.
11th. Gúri, the chief place of Jáfunu (evidently identical with
Raffenel’s Kóghi[73]), a considerable town built of clay, and
containing, according to the statements of informants, not less that
sixty msíd, or places of worship. The inhabitants are Aswánek, forming a
particular stock, called by the Fúlbe “Jáfunankóbe.” The population of
the country of Kajága or Gejága S. of Jáfunu is said to consist likewise
of Aswánek, forming another tribe, called Hairankóbe by the Fúlbe. You
rest at noon in Cháma, a place inhabited by Bámbara, and governed by a
son of Morbo; and beyond that place you enter Jáfunu, Jáfuna, or, as the
name is pronounced by the Arabs, Jáfena.
15th. Bú-Jedúr, as the French settlement Bakel, to the S.S.E. of Bot-
hadíye, is universally called by the Arabs. There are many towns and
villages on the road, the names of which informant had forgotten. You
enter the province of Fúta on the 12th day.