| Show from the london tb en I 1 un t sn ff i 1 T H E F R i aa 11 1 DISCOVERY 1 S C 0 V E R Y on the first of december 1891 1894 efell fitl el to the shire hare barth ba be who had bad wead already been bein believed deadato dead to meet in very good health alid and spirits dr vogel to see once more the face of a european and grasp the hand of a countryman who had been gent cent to jiin itin him As only a few preliminary laminar live kive hasty basty lines lilies from dr vogel written in pencil come to hand the particulars of this vent event haye not yet transpired but it may easily ba be conceived what it must have been to dr birth it was exactly six years since he left europe in in company with mr hir richardson and dr and since the decease latter on the of or september 1852 not only hd had his communications with europe been all but en ell cutoff but lie he had indeed been isolated from the civilized world and left to battle with manifold hardships and dangers devogel dr vogel writes he intended to proceed as speedily as poss me to hakoba and Adi Ada maua maun in which plan he seems to have llave been encouraged by some ome acceptable and important passports in the tile shape hape of letters of recommendation from the file powerful chief at which dr barth earth had brought with him and und handed to his countryman dr vogel had not n ot received ally any communication from tripoli or bursuk since the 27 th of february 1854 in lit consequence of the state of the saharan countries which seem beem again involved in general war and bloodshed d letters from dr barth himself have come coma to my hands which though written before liis his meetie meeting I 1 with dr vogel are aro of great interest as the they y contain the first news respecting his journey from timbuktu back to sudan and the first positive information ever received from a european traveler of the river kawara between that place and its lower course it appears that dr barth birth had been detained at or near timbuktu several months beyond the date of his last letters dispatched from that region namely the at march 1854 between which date and the time of his arrival at kano which took place oil on the of october last nearly even seven months Int intervene lene mene dr birth himself says after a protracted stay of nearly a year at timbuktu the queen of the desert as ft it is justly called by the natives nati ves I 1 retraced my steps eastward along the shores of that magnificent river which the undaunted scotchman Scot climan cilman mungo park descended about fifty years since fighting his way through numerous fleets manned by Tu aricks and lost laber labor to science his journal having perished with ith liim him while I 1 went along reconciling and befriending fri ending these very people and obtaining full security from their chiefs for any english visit ing jag their thein territories tories whether by land or water thus dr barth has been able to realize his great wish namely to trace this liver river between timbuktu and say which latter place is situated in about 13 0 10 loi north lat anda 0 east long greenwich this its ltv middle course seems everywhere navigable and enlivened with large fleets its shores densely inhabited by people who received and treated dr barth most kindly and implored him hin to stay with them altogether or to return soon in fit an english ship they learned from him with astonishment as to whence the river which forms the basis of or their kneir existence and wealth comes and where it terminates dr B bt frh irh rih allude alludes to a large map of the river drawn bv him which wh 1 it he hard hart 1 lad jad sent to the foreign ile ha has hag also transmitted with pre present serit letters some of a former date which had been dispatched by him while on his way to tu but which as he lie found oil on ills his return to sudan had not been forwarded pro probably bibly because their envelopes and address addresses ts had been lost these loiters are dated dore in fit Lib tako lath july 1833 1853 11 which place is 19 about inoway ind way between lokoto and timbuktu fea tea t ea ee map alap in lit my G eo bludgen part 1 I or in lit lat it 14 0 30 north and clo cio closi upon tile the meridian or f greenwich and they contain a full account that region which was entirely unknown before r forms a portion of the thi very e extensive atea sive and is a avery very Ith porta lit commercial p the principal article of trade is 1 tiie die silt sili of Tan taa lenni ienni which i brought thither by the tha arabs of timbuktu vilie ville while the Tu aricks bring corn and butter the tiie people popie of mosi alosi their celebrated donkeys a and 1 id their famous cotton manufactures fac tures chap clit ap blinick avirta shirts and a jarge large peculiar kind of curo uro nuts auts the tha inhabitants of tim the coul country itry appy sweet and sour four milk and their manufactures consi t chiefly of very li and cheap shawls in inde inide ide of cotton and wool and of various colors thet They the market at dore the chief charf pi pl ice ica of Lib Lili tako is held every ever y day dowries cowries are almost the tile sole m daum of interchange atako occupies an elevated I 1 dreary plain devoid of trees and aad shrubs and atif allf suffering fering from til tit want of rain in many places out of the tha soil dr birth badh mada made many 1 inquiries rips respecting the to town wai of reached by bv mr cancan and alid which according to the position assigned to it by that traveler ought to b within one hundred cal miles from hut but in lit vain lie could hear nothing whatever of it though the tiie country was in astute of anarchy when dr arili passed through it lie did not suffer surfer on that accorn but rather from the file too excited manner mauner in lit which he was received everywhere the inhabitants flocking from all sua qua quarters r t ers to receive his blessing the arabs looked upon him as no common christian owing to the in formation he possessed of topics specially interesting to themselves and to the fact of his coming f W I 1 a the east the Till ahas had christened h hm i ni iio lio lodico VIo dibo libo by which name namo he lie was wag universal uni universally versa lly liy brown alie wn in those cou con countries ti tries it IL was near where barth was sa fortunate as to make the of ohe of til followers of the sheikh el bekay bokay the tha pope polin of timbuktu witt witz subsequently became his h is best friend friand aud greatest benefactor this ferch ox arci n fl 1 over byer eyer 9 nearly seshi r i evere elere bofo in thelea st arrn d may be said to have acrya ltd a kind of african rome rorie 7 11 the ibe lv center beuter of deb jep alx lx f islam I 1 f the region between in lie lle libe west and alya tiie ille river kowertz here called tsa i j say or mayo alayo in lit the east is occupied hy by territories belonging to ane largo large country cour y of gurma grilk ahe northern part ot ol w which aich be belongs longs to the Fel latas the liina an guage of gurma has a few words in comi common tion with that of or benin within gurma are various rivens rivers all tribu carles caries of I 1 lie llie ko kawara ara the lagest lr gest being the birba which B birth iirth found lound tw twelve elve eive feet deep in the beginning of or july and which lie he had to cross by means meins of immense bundles of reeds fastened together as boats pre pro entirely wati wail ting ling the valley of the tile birba is very ill famed a as s being most destructive to all kinds of cattle cattie catt leond nd horses the soli soll along the course of or the river swarms with ith black worms 1 dr barths 13 births letters contain interesting extracts from the e el sudan an important work on the history of sudan lil fil theno unknown on hi iii arrival at kane kone in october lust last dr darth barth instead of finding letter letters and mlp wip supplies plies piles from home received information of the rumor of his death having been prad pr ad ild in sadan sudan and even reached readied europe about which not knowing ex actie the origin and circumstances connected with it he felt very sore and indignant wilie while the absence of or all needful put him to great straits and inconvenience happily these as we know lie he subsequently got over his ills longing to reach europe knew no bounds as lie he declares dec lires that tile the being b e in g exposed to another rainy season the sixth ur or to remain much macli longer without tile the refreshing influence of or european at iio tio sphere and proper food would be his certain death yet in the same sentence nce lie speaks of ultimately returning to the field of im ilia labors and trying to penetrate into the interior of africa from the coast of hanibar Zan Zau ibar after having strengthened his ins lre lie health alth the tile only boniv cause of joy 0 w which aich awaited him in kano was the new news of ze the success of the chadda chadds expedition of which hehe hebe he seemed emed to have learnt all the particulars from ille lite natives A among others lie met ali all old acquaintance the tha governor of hamarnik Ila Ha marnia a country situated oil on the shores of the upper course of tile the chadda this person told liim min that the exploring steamer pleiad had also mao reached his country that he lie had received the expedition very friel dij adly and had made the commander a present of six sir oxen AUGUSTUS |
