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Show HONORING . AN EXPLORER. Cupt. Itinger Given the Gold Medal' of the Paris Geographical Society. A gold medal, the highest honor in the gift of the Geographical society of Paris, has just been conferred upon Capt. Binger for his "magnificent exploration of the country of the Mossl and the region situated situ-ated at the junction of the bmuches of the Niger." That portion of WtSi-ern Africa visited by the captain had never before rc-jSBjgjv rc-jSBjgjv ceived the atten- JFSjr , tion of civilized WmL. travelers, and the pSjpif gallant French- ' man performed a sbsT1 ' '&S as't that, in the : TH, opinion of gcogra- A. i phers, entitles him a&jMT'. to a place in the 5 first rank of ex-CyEroi ex-CyEroi plorera. He found tSSw Kong, the capital 1tJJP& of Mossl. to be a Fspi town of 15,000 in-x in-x habitants.contain-capt. habitants.contain-capt. BlNGEK ing many substantial substan-tial dwellings and public buildings. Naba-Sanom, the king of the country, received re-ceived Binger with hospitality that never wavered but once that was when the captain cap-tain hesitated to receive three young native women as wives. Then the alternative rose of being married or killed, and the gallant son of France naturally concluded to live. In the course of his long and venturesome venture-some journey, the captain encountered over fifty African tribes, each with its own customs cus-toms and dialect. The travelers who ha ve in the past received the gold medals of the Paris Geographical society are: Francais Rene Caillie, Duveyrier, Francis Gamier, Alfred Grandidier, De Brazza, M. Alph. Milne-Edwards, Franklin, Livingstone, Stanley, Barth, Nachtigal, Nordenskiold and Serpa Pinto. |