Note 225 — APPENDIX. (continued 2)

From the report given to Mr. Koelle by the Bórnu slave ʿAlí Eisámi (African Native Literature, 1854, p. 93.), it would seem that Áhmed died before entering Ghasréggomo; but although these narratives teem with interest, they have no historical authority for the time which succeeded ʿAlí’s capture in the year 1814-15, and even no paramount authority for the preceding period. And the other story, as told in p. 99. et seqq., agrees entirely with our statement. The account of the inroad of Wádáy and the death of Ibrám (both which events happened in the time of Sheikh ʿOmár), as given by that Negro, is quite absurd and full of confusion.