a large kingdom in the interior of Africa, bounded on the east by the Niger, on the south by Eyco or Yarriba, on the west by Dahomey, and on the south by Gourma. It is about thirty days' journey in length, and eleven in breadth. It has generally a level surface, though crossed by a considerable range of mountains. The soil is mostly fertile, and tolerably cultivated, producing in abundance corn, yams, plantains, and limes. The cattle are not numerous, but there is a copious supply of all the species of game that prevail in Africa. A considerable inland trade between Houssa and the coast passes through this territory. When Clapperton entered it from Eyco, he was warned to be on his guard, as the people were the greatest robbers and plunderers in all Africa, and he would run the risk of being stripped of everything he possessed. He found this bad report altogether unjust, and declares, on quitting it, that the people had always behaved honestly, and never robbed him of the slightest article. They were cheerful, obliging, good-humoured, and communicative. The acts of robbery, too frequent in that country, were perpetrated by slaves of the chiefs and governors, who were natives, not of Borgoo, but of Houssa. These persons, in virtue of the service in which they are employed, think themselves entitled to pilfer whatever comes within their reach. The kingdom of Borgoo is divided into the four states of Boussa, Wawa, Kiama, and Niki, the three last of which were visited by Clapperton in his journey through interior Africa. Boussa, remarkable as the scene of the disastrous fate of Mungo Park, holds the first rank, and all the others are considered as in a degree of dependence upon it.

Bomouo, another country of the same name in Central Africa, of which little is known, and that little by hearsay, as it has never been explored by Europeans. It lies to the N.E. of Lake Tsad, about midway on the road to Egypt. It forms a connecting link between the basin of that lake and that of the Nile. It is mountainous; the atmosphere is said to be very pure; its numerous valleys are irrigated by perennial rivers, and are extremely fertile in date trees. It is inhabited by the Uelad Sofiman, a well-known powerful Arab tribe. In the latter end of 1851 Dr Barth and Dr Overweg, then at Kuka, determined to visit and explore this interesting region, and set out with a large army despatched by the sheikh of Bomou for the invasion of the countries eastward from Lake Tsad. Unfortunately, however, this army was soon met by the enemy, defeated, and put to flight so suddenly, that Barth and Overweg saved their lives and instruments only by a quick retreat. They consequently did not succeed in reaching Borgoo, which is allied to Bomouo.