Africa and its inhabitants . of the ephemeralSonghai empire, lies buried. UAKL.—DOKK.—SAl. 305 Below Gogo, both bauks are itliniist iminhahited for a didtuiiee of 1«0 miles,when some large villagus and cultivated tracts announce the approach to the twincities of Garu and Sinder, standing on some rocky islets in mid-stream. On bothsides of the river the plain is here studded with habitations, and yields an abun-dance of millet for the local consumption and for exportation to Timbuktu andthe Tuareg countrj. The two insular cities comprise altogether severjl thousandhouses, with a collective popu
Africa and its inhabitants . of the ephemeralSonghai empire, lies buried. UAKL.—DOKK.—SAl. 305 Below Gogo, both bauks are itliniist iminhahited for a didtuiiee of 1«0 miles,when some large villagus and cultivated tracts announce the approach to the twincities of Garu and Sinder, standing on some rocky islets in mid-stream. On bothsides of the river the plain is here studded with habitations, and yields an abun-dance of millet for the local consumption and for exportation to Timbuktu andthe Tuareg countrj. The two insular cities comprise altogether severjl thousandhouses, with a collective population estimated by Barth at sixteen or eighteenthousand. They enjoy a certain political independence, by taking advantage ofthe rivalries of the neighbouring Tuareg chief and the Haussa governor of Say,over 120 miles lower down. The route• through the independent Songhai terri-tory, west of Sinder, leads to Dorr, capital of Libtako, a province belonging :it FifT- 142.—The Races of West Armcv. Scale 1 : 18,000, Meair - •--.: ^j^^T^-ii^Sl^?*-
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