Tagánet is a large and well-favoured district, bordering towards the E.
and S.E. on El Hódh, or rather the kódia encircling and forming El Hódh;
towards the S.W., where there is a considerable group of mountains
bordering on Aftót, by which it is separated from Fúta, and towards the
W., or W.N.W., separated from Áderár by ranges of hills running parallel
to each other, called “e’ dhelóa,” or “the ribs.” Tagánet—evidently a
Berber name, contrasting as a correlative with the name Ágan—is divided
by nature into two distinct regions, viz. Tagánet el káhela, or Black
Tagánet, comprehending the southern part of it, and consisting of
fertile valleys, full of palm-trees, nebek, &c., excellent for the
breeding of cattle and sheep, but infested by numbers of lions and
elephants, while it is fit for the camel only in the dry season; and
Tagánet el bédha, White Tagánet, called in Azéríye, or the language of
Tishít, “Gér e’ kúlle,” consisting of white desert sand, with excellent
food for the camel, and with plantations of palm-trees in a few favoured
spots, which contain the villages, or ksúr.