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miles, fo r the ten jo u rn ie s ; and Kamaliah itself falls in lat. 12° 4 6 'j 227-5- from Se g o , in a direction o f W 2 1 S ; corrected b y the allowance o f i f variation. T h e town o f Bammako , where the J o lib a first becomes navigable (or perhaps to which point it is n a v ig ab le upwards, in a continuous course from T om b u c to o ) , lies ab ou t fifty miles short o f Kamaliah.* I t is reckoned b y the natives, ten jo u rn ie s only from S e g o .t A t Kamaliah the source o f the J o lib a (o r Niger), was pointed out to Mr. P a rk , at a bearing o f south, a v e ry little west, seven journ ie s distant; and fo r these, he allows 108 G . miles. T h e name o f the place is Sankary, and seems meant b y the S on go o f D ’A n v i l l e : which, however, he supposed to be at the source o f the G am b ia r iv e r, in the kingdom o f Mandinga. Such were the crude ideas heretofore entertained o f this geography. H ere it may be p roper to mention, that M r . P a rk , whilst at K o o n ia k ir ry , in Ka sson, in his w a y out, meditated a route to the south-eastward, through Kasson, F o o lad o o , and M an d in g ; which route was to have brought him to the J o lib a in twenty days. T h e place on the Jo lib a is not mentioned: possibly it might be Y am in a . T h is route, howe v e r, he was not permitted to take. H ad he pursued it, his personal sufferings might p rob ab ly have been le s s ; b u t o u r knowledge o f the geography would prob ably have been less, also. I t has been mentioned, that the space between Jarra and Kama liah, is checked b y the rep or t o f the road distance between them. I t is proper also to state, as a further p ro o f o f the consistency o f the respective positions o f Ja rra and K o n g , that the distance across, agrees generally with the report o f the She re e f Imhammed, who says, that Y a rb a , (meant for Y ar ra, o r Jarra,) is eighteen to twenty days jo u rn e y to the N W o f Gon jah, meaning K o n g . (P ro c . A f . Assoc, chap. x ii.) M r . P a rk was told that K o n g , was ten jo u r - * Bammako, by Mr. Park’s original bearings, lies from Sego W 8° S, 178 G. miles: and Kamaliah W y ° l N, 51-;-. These are corrected to W 25* S, and W S. f Perhaps the long journies o f the slave caravans, such as Mr. Park experienced, to the westward o f this place. nies to the southward, o r S S W o f S e g o ; and he saw a part o f the great ridge o f blue mountains o f K o n g , as h e coasted the N ig e r westward. T h e se notices agree well with the S h e re e f’ s report. Between Kamaliah and W o o l li, there is y e t a greater degree o f uncertainty respecting the data fo r the geographical construction ; fo r in this lon g line o f near 400 geographical miles, the line o f direction is co llected from the places o f the sun and stars; the compass be in g useless, whilst the traveller was in motion. Besides, the rapidity o f the march, and the height o f the woods, w ere unfavourable to any attempts o f that kind, had bodily fatigue and hunger, le ft him either the inclination o r the a b ility : for, in effect, it was on e long forced march through the Ja llonka Wilderness, under the terrors o f famine, o r being le ft behind to perish, b y wild beasts. U n d e r such circumstances, it was fu ll as much as could reasonably be expected^ to obtain some general idea o f the line o f direction, on which he tra v e lled ; together with the proportional lengths o f the several intervals, b y keeping an account o f the t im e ; lea ving the absolute scale to b e determined b y the ex ten t o f the space. In this, he succeeded so well, that the middle part o f the line, when produced to the capital o f W o o l li, appears to b e no more than h a lf a point o u t o f the b e a r in g ; as is shewn b y Lab a t’s map o f Bam b o u k (V o l. iv , p. 9 2), in which the course o f the riv er o f F aleme , which M r . P a rk crossed in his wa y home, as well as o ut, is d e s c r ib ed ; and affords much assistance in adjusting his position on that river, on his return. I t is first necessary to state, that M . D ’A n v ille , in his map o f Senegal, & c . ( 1 7 5 1 ) has totally disregarded the scale o f L a b a t’s map, as well as most o f the bearings in i t ; having preferred to it some other author ity; perhaps some tracing o f the two rivers. M . D ’A n v ille allows no more than thirty- seven geographical miles between the two passes N a y e and K a y e e on the Faleme and Senegal rivers; when M r . Pa rk allows six ty -tw o . N ow L a b a t’ s scale agrees with the la tte r : fo r he allows 2 8 I French leagues fo r this interv a l, equal to 2 ,16 geographical miles per lea gue, according to M r . P a rk ’s calculation. T h e leagues were therefore p rob ab ly o f road m e a su re : as a league in direct distance appears to be equal to 2,64. H en c e M . D ’A n v ille , seems to hav e misconceived the matter ; and has applied dte same erroneous


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