a frontier country of Bornu, in Africa; under the sway of the Tuaricks, greatly intermixed with people of Bornu and Houssa. It is the granary of Air, and is, in fact, chiefly peopled by slaves of the Kelowis. Ola-

local, the capital, lies in about N. Lat. 14. 30. Besides this city there are said to be 200 or 300 towns and villages in the country. (See Petersmann's Account of the Expedition to Central Africa, 1854.)