ory, and slaves, &c.
_Akkabahs_[282], and _cafilahs_, or caravans, were going
continually from Timbuctoo to Tafilelt, Marocco, Fas, and Terodant.
Travelling across the Desert was then as safe as it is now in the
plains of Marocco, or on the roads in England; the only months
during which the caravans did not travel were July and August,
because the _Shume_, or hot wind of the Desert, prevails during
these two months. It is reported, that Muley Ismael was so rich in
gold, that the bolts of the gates of his palaces, and his kitchen
utensils, were of pure gold. Timbuctoo continued to carry on a most
483 lucrative trade with Marocco, &c.; during the Feign of the Emperor
Muley Abd Allah, son and successor of Ismael, and also during the
reign of Seedy[283] Muhamed ben Abd Allah, who died about the year
1795, a sovereign universally regretted, and hence aptly
denominated the father of his people: since the decease of
Seedy[284] Muhamed ben Abd Allah, the father of the reigning
emperor, Muley Soliman, the trade of Sudan has rapidly decreased,
because the policy of the present emperor is, to discourage
commerce, but to encourage the agriculture and the manufactures of
his own country, so as to make them sufficient for itself, and
independent of foreign supplies!

[Footnote 282: An Akkabah is an accumulation of many _cafilahs_
or caravans.]

[Footnote 283: It should be observed, that an emperor having
the name of the Arabian prophet, is called Seedy; but having
any other name, he is called Muley; the former signifies
master, the latter, prince.]

[Footnote 284: If therefore the trade with Timbuctoo declined
in Leo's time, _i.e._ A.D. 1570, it unquestionably revived in
Ismael's reign, and also continued with but little diminution
during the reign of his son Abd Allah, and his grandson
Muhamed.]

Da Woolo is a reverential term, and is synonymous with Woolo,
signifying King Woolo.

484 Park says, Mansong was king of Timbuctoo in 1796, and in 1805,
implying that he reigned from 1796 to 1805. The Moor before
mentioned, who came from Timbuctoo to Comassie in 1807, told Mr.
Bowdich, that Woolo was then reigning at Timbuctoo. Isaaco says,
Woolo was predecessor to Mansong; consequently, according to this
J