elucidation of these opinions, see my
Letter on the Interior of Africa, in the European Magazine,
Feb. 1818, page 113.]

[Footnote 289: Neel Sudan and Neel Assudan are synonymous, the
_as_ being the article.]

[Footnote 290: See Mr. Bowdich's Map, in his Account of a
Mission to Ashantee.]

Page 200. The Quolla appears to be the Negro pronunciation of the
Arabic name _Kulla_; i.e. the _Bahar Kulla_, to which the _Neel
Assudan_ is said to flow. _Bahar Kulla_ is an Arabic word
signifying the sea altogether, or an alluvial country. The _Neel
Assudan_ here joins the waters of a river that proceed westward
from the Abysinian Nile, and hence is formed the water
communication between Cairo[291] and Timbuctoo.

[Footnote 291: See Jackson's Account of Marocco, enlarged
edition, p. 313. See also his Letter to the Editor of the
Monthly Magazine for March, 1817. p. 125.]

Page 201. Quolla Raba, or Kulla Raba, signifies the Kulla forest,
as the Negroes express it; the Arabs call it _Raba Kulla_, i.e. the
forest of _Kulla_, If any further proof of the accuracy of this
interpretation be necessary, it maybe added, that the position
agrees exactly with Major Rennell's kingdom of _Kulla_, for which
see the Major's map in proceedings of the African Association, vol.
i. page 209, lat. N. 9 deg., long. W. 10 deg..
488
Page 203. The lake Fittri is a lake, the waters of which are said
to be filtered through the earth, as the name implies. The Nile is
here said to run under ground. The Arabs and Moors have a
tradition, that the waters of Noah's flood rested here, and were
absorbed and filtered through the earth, leaving only this large
lake. I never understood this sea to be identified with the Bahar
Heimed[292]; i.e. the Hot or Warm Sea. The Hot Sea and the Filtered
Sea are distinct waters; the former lies about mid-way, in a right
line between Lake Fittri and Lake Dwi. (See Laurie and Whittle's
Map of Africa, published in 1813.) This is another inaccuracy of
Mr. Hutchison; who appears, indeed, to have collected information
from natives, without considering what title they had to
credibility. Another error is added to the note in page 203 and
204, viz. what he calls sweet beans are unquestionably dates, which
have