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CHAPTER XLV.

RETURN TO BÓRNU 592

Another Alarm—Policy of Negroland—Cattle Indigenous or Imported—Another District Plundered—The Músgu Slave—Narrow Escape—Attack by Bees—African Netherlands—Miseries of Slave Hunts—Barren Country—Residence of Kábishmé—Native Architecture—Ground-plan of a Dwelling—Amount of Booty—Wáza—Encampment at Wáza—Re-arrival at Kúkawa.

LIST OF PLATES AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

LIST OF PLATES.

KANEMBU CHIEF (See Chaps., xi. xli.) _Frontispiece_

MAP OF NORTH AND CENTRAL AFRICA INDICATING DR. BARTH’S ROUTE _facing page_ 1

KASR GHURIÁN ” ” 22

MÚRZUK ” ” 75

KANÓ FROM MOUNT DALA ” ” 289

MUSGU ” ” 575

ENCAMPMENT IN THE FOREST ” ” 577

INTERIOR OF A MUSGU DWELLING ” ” 584

ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT.

Picturesque Fountain 13

General View of Enshéd eʾ Sufét 16

The Monument 17

Aboriginal Structures 27

Kasr Dóga 32

Another Pair of Pillars, with Slab and Sculpture of a Dog 33

Curious Sculpture 36

General View of Mizda 45, 46

Kasr Khafáiji ʿAámer 47

Ruins of Christian Church 48

Two Capitals 49

Ground-plan 50

Roman Sepulchre in Wady Talha 52

Roman Sepulchre in Wady Tagíje 54

Roman Sepulchre at Taboníye 57

Gateway of Roman Station at Gharíya 59

Ground-plan of Station 60

Encampment at Ugérfe 70

Roman Sepulchre near Jerma (Garama) 72

Ground-plan of Múrzuk 77

Tiggerurtín 79

Encampment at Tesémmak 86

Hatíta on his Camel 89

First Sculpture of Telisaghé (two deities) 90

Herd of Bulls 91

Bull jumping into a Ring 92

Mount Ídinen 97

Ground-plan of Quarters at Ghát 102

The Mountain Pass 113

Pond in Valley Egeri 114

Mount Tiska 116

Picturesque Peak 121

Mountain Ridge near Arókam 122

Indented Ridge 123

Stratified Mount 125

Mountain Group 132

View of Mountain Chains 133

Mountains of Tídik 140

Mount Kadamméllet 141

Mountains of Selúfiet 144

Valley of Fódet 149

Mount Cheréka and Eghellál 164

Mount Cheréka, from another side 165

Mountain Chain 166

Deep Chasm of Mount Eghellál 166

Mount Ágata 167

Mount Belásega 167

Valley Tíggeda 168

Distinguished Mount 171

Audience-hall of Chief of Ágades 177

Mohammed Bóro’s House 178

A Leather Box 179

Two Native Spoons 183

Ground-plan of a House 196

Another Ground-plan 197

View of the High Watch-tower 199

Ground-plan of Ágades 209

Encampment in Tin-téggana 215

Mount Mári, in profile 223

Mount Mári, in front 224

Mount Bághzen, from the east side 226

Cornstack 245

Negro Stirrup 263

Ground-plan of the Town of Kátsena 279

Ground-plan of the Town of Kanó 292

Dagger and Scabbard 293

Ground-plan of my house in Kanó 299

Guinea-fowl Shirt 301

Sandals 302

Leather Pocket 303

Henhouse 337

Ground-plan of House in Kúkawa 377

Ground-plan of the Town of Kúkawa 380

The Seghéum of the Marghí 415

Double Peak of Mount Míndif 421

View of Mountain-chain of Úba 429

Mountain 430

Another Mountain 430

Mount Kilba-Gáya 430

Mountain Chain, Fingting 432

Mount Hólma 436

Mount Kurúlu 439

Ground-plan of Huts 440

Couch-screen 441

Picturesque Cone 442

Mountain Range beyond Saráwu 445

Mount Konkel 446

The Governor’s Audience-hall 463

Picturesque Cone 476

Ground-plan of Hut in Múbi 480

Household Furniture 480

Handbill 482

Shield 484

Different Shape of Huts 489

Granary 569

Harpoon 596

Ornamented Granary 601

Ground-plan of Building 602

[Illustration: MAP OF NORTH AND CENTRAL AFRICA, SHOWING DR. BARTH’S ROUTES.]

TRAVELS AND DISCOVERIES IN AFRICA.