Africa and its inhabitants . ?= Ji ^. , irJi- rtv ,^- • Issaye v/cst of bfeenwich r-to !?> Miles. scattered for nearly 1,200 miles in every direction northwards to the Algerianfrontier, eastwards to the neighbourhood of Lake Tsad. Those of the Niger regionall belong to the AwcUimideu con fed era lion, some still bearing the name ofTademakku (Tademckkel), a vanished city which lay west of (he Air are kinsmen of the Khumirian Dedraakas, now assimilated in speech andusages to the Arabs. Below Timbuktu the Ttiiohagbs have crossed the Xiger and reduced the countryfar to the south
Africa and its inhabitants . ?= Ji ^. , irJi- rtv ,^- • Issaye v/cst of bfeenwich r-to !?> Miles. scattered for nearly 1,200 miles in every direction northwards to the Algerianfrontier, eastwards to the neighbourhood of Lake Tsad. Those of the Niger regionall belong to the AwcUimideu con fed era lion, some still bearing the name ofTademakku (Tademckkel), a vanished city which lay west of (he Air are kinsmen of the Khumirian Dedraakas, now assimilated in speech andusages to the Arabs. Below Timbuktu the Ttiiohagbs have crossed the Xiger and reduced the countryfar to the south of tlie ri\ er. They not only occupy the sandy tracts and savannas,but have penetrated into the Hombori valleys, and beyond them into the fertileLibtako jjlains. Here, however, few of them have preserved the camel, faithfulassociate of all other Tuaregs, breeding horned cattle and sheep instead, and insome places even intermariying with the native Negro populations. Hence,perhaps, all these southern Berbers have received from th
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