ON AFRICA. 469 barbarism or corruption of the Arabic words Bahar Sudan : vide Jackson's Account of Marocco, Timbuctoo, &c. page 309, published by Cadell and Davies.

It has been observed by an intelligent French writer, that ** Le pluspart des hommes mesurant leur foi par leur connoisfmce acquise croyent d fort peu de choses,'' In confirmation of this opinion, many intelligent men, at the time of the publication of Jackson's Account of Marocco, Timbuctoo, &c. doubted the existence of the Heirie, as described by him ; but in proportion as our knowledge of Africa improves, we see that the truth of these wonders is confirmed : and Colonel Fitzclarence mentions one that travelled four days in one ; but we should not be surprised to hear, before this century shall terminate, that an Englishman had travelled from Fas to Timbuctoo on a Heirie, accompanied by an accredited agent of the Em peror of Marocco, in ten or fifteen days !

It appears by this ingenious traveller's Journal of a Route, &c. page 493, that all religions are tolerated at Timbuctoo. This is a confirmation of what is reported by Jackson, in the Appendix annexed to his. Account of Marocco, &c.

page 300.

The fish in the river of Timbuctoo, the Neel El Abeed or Neel of Sudan, is described by Colonel Fitzclarence as resembling salmon : this is a corroboration of Jackson, who says, the s'hehbel abound in the IS) eel of Sudan, and the H H 3