-half, always east,
so that we did not arrive at Tungari till long after daylight. Tungari
consists of two or three considerable villages, having a population of
about two thousand. Here I saw a greater number of date-trees than I had
yet seen in Soudan. There were larger plantations, and many gardens. I
have nothing particular to observe respecting this place, except that
the people showed more boldness than the population subjected to the
Sultan of Zinder; because the Sultan of Minyo gives them more protection
against the Bornou marauders, or Government servants, travelling through
the country. I went to bed thoroughly fatigued.

_14th._--We rose at daybreak and went off immediately, and made four
hours north-east, and then from a fine rising ground had a splendid view
of all the town of Gurai. Our route yesterday and to-day began in a
south-easterly direction, and after continuing east for some time
gradually turned round to north-east, so that we have our faces again
toward the northern desert. Yesterday I felt, for the first time, this
approaching warm season--a hot wind, which, curiously enough, now comes
from the north, whereas before it always came from the south.

Gurai is very bare of trees, the townspeople having burnt them all up. I
kept a-bed all day, to recruit myself from fatigue. The Kashalla went to
salute the Sultan, who inquired after me. They reported my state, and
said I should come to see him in the morning (i.e. of next day).

According to a Gatronee, Kellai, a country of the Tuaricks, is one day
only north-west from Gurai. It is a small village. Gurasu is five days
from this, north-west. Dallakauri, also a Tuarick country, is one day
northwards, or north-east. This is a large place. Bultumi, another
Tuarick country, small; one day, east. Malumri, one day and a-half east.
Therrai, a small place, a day beyond Dallakauri, north-west, two days
from this. Chokada, a small place, five or six hours from this. All
these places are inhabited by the Tuarick tribe of Duggera, viz. Kellai,
Gurasu, Dallakauri, Bultumi, Malumri, Therrai, and Chokada. This tribe
infests the upper part of the route of Bornou, that between the Tibboos
and Kuka. Formerly they were great bandits, but now they fear the Sultan
of Minyo, and begin to desist from their bad trade and turn to more
peaceful habits. Bunai is one day and a-half south from Buroi, formerly
the capital of the province of Minyo, and where the father of the
pr