The Flooding of the Sahara: An Account of the Proposed Plan for Opening ...
The Flooding of the Sahara: An Account of the Proposed Plan for Opening ...
Donald a Mackenzie
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Another article of food in general use is afforded by several varieties of grass called poa. Various other vegetables are grown in abundance. The trees most common are palm, tamarind and sycamore. There are no mines in Bagirmi ; even the iron is brought from the exterior provinces, especially a place called Gurgara, distant from twenty to twenty-five miles from the River Shari, where the sand seems to contain a great deal of iron ore. Large quantities of natron are brought from the Bahr el Ghaz...el. The population of Bagirmi is estimated at about one million and a half; the military strength is given at 3000 cavalry and 10,000 foot. The weapon in use among them is the spear, the bow and arrow being rare; the dagger Digitized by Google Empire of Bagirmt. 169 is worn by some in imitation of the Tawarek and Berber, from whom it has been introduced into a great part of Soudan. It is only recently that Islam has been embraced by the ruling classes, and the greater number may yet, with more justice, be called pagan rather than Mohammedan.
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