BENOWM, the capital of the Moorish kingdom of Ludamar, in Central Africa, on the southern border of the Great Desert. It consists of a large collection of dirty huts resembling tents, and has more the appearance of a large encampment of shepherds than of a metropolis. Mr Park was detained here in long and cruel captivity, exposed to every outrage which bigotry and barbarism could devise or execute. Long. 7. 10. W. Lat. 15. 5. N.
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