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Bought bullock hides to form an awning to secure us from the spears and arrows of the Surka or Soorka and Mahinga who inhabit the North bank of the river betwixt Jinnie and Tombuctoo. November 16. All ready and we sail to-morrow morning, or evening. I will therefore conclude this long epistle with some miscellaneous information. Variation of the compass. West of the Faleme river 14 11 West.
"He says our voyage to Kashna will occupy two months; that we touch on the Moors no where but at Tombuctoo; the north bank of the river in all other places being inhabited by a race of people resembling the Moors in colour, called Surka, Mahinga, and Tuarick, according to the different kingdoms they inhabit.
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