or **Darfur**, a country or kingdom of Africa, which has been visited by no other European traveller excepting Mr Browne. This country is of considerable extent, and in many places covered with wood. During the dry season, the appearance of the open country is sterile and barren, but when the rains commence, the dry sandy soil is soon changed into green fields covered with luxuriant vegetation. Considerable quantities of maize, fefame, beans, and legumes, are raised by the inhabitants for food. There are several species of trees in Darforo; but the tamarind alone is valuable for its fruit, or rises to a considerable size. The date, which is diminutive, does not appear to be indigenous. Domestic animals are, the camel, the sheep, the goat, and horned cattle, which are numerous. Of the milk of the cow, some of the inhabitants make a kind of cheese, but the proceeds is not generally known. The camel is of an inferior quality; and the horse and the ass are imported from Egypt and Nubia. Their wild animals are, the lion, the leopard, the hyena, the wolf, and the wild buffaloe. The termiter, or white ant, abounds; and the cochineal insect is frequently met with, though it has never been applied to any useful purpose in Darforo. The rocks are chiefly composed of gray granite, but in a few places alabaster and marble are found. Nitre is produced in considerable quantities, fossil salt is found in one district, and sulphur is collected by the pastoral Arabs on the south and west.

The principal towns in Darforo, are Cobbe, the chief residence of the merchants, situated in N. Lat. 14.11. Long. E.G. 28.8. It is above two miles in length, but extremely narrow, containing numerous trees and vacant spaces within its boundaries. Swini, which commands the northern road to Darforo, is situated above two journeys to the north of Cobbe. Kourma, a small town, lies 12 or 13 miles to the south west of Cobbe, and Cububia, two and a half journeys to the west. Cububia commands the western roads, and has a market twice in the week. Cours lies 14 or 15 miles to the north-west of Cobbe; Ril, about 60 miles to the south east of Cobbe, is situated in a fertile plain, commands the southern and eastern roads, and was formerly the residence of the kings of Darforo. Gidid, Gelle, and Shoba, are the only other remarkable towns. The villages are numerous, but their population seldom exceeds a few hundred inhabitants. The population of Darforo is estimated by Browne at 200,000 persons. It consists of the native tribes of Fur, of a deep black complexion, crisped woolly hair, and features different from those of the negroes; Arabs of the tribes of Mahmid, Mahrea, Beni Fefara, Beni Gerar, &c., some of whom had fet-