Show exploring the upper after an absence of three years the expedition under lieutenant bourst has safely returned to europe from the niger the party ascended the senegal river and then carried the sections of an aluminium boat overland to tho upper part of the niger on reaching thia river the pieces of tho boat were put together and two native boats purchased in these the expedition sailed down the niger to timbuktu where a stay of ten months was made the voyage from timbuktu to at the confluence of the niger and begue seems to have been arduous but from that point the expedition was towed by a launch belonging to the bayal boyal niger company to the coast at wari how much fresh topographical information lieutenant Hours ts party has obtained is not yet stated this will depend on the highest point reached on the niger renters message states that the expedition first met the river niger at kayes but that town is on the senegal river there can be no doubt however that much valuable scientific information was obtained for the expedition traveled slowly and was admirably equipped one novelty was the use of a phonograph for reporting the native war songs the expedition kept peace with the natives throughout the journey in which it differs greatly from some of those previously conducted by french explorers in that region nature |