in more than one p lac e,* that they are 40 leagues a su n d e r ; but as his Map (in V o l. iv . p. 92.) has less than 12 le a g u e s ; and as M . P. D . a lso says (p. 7 8 . ) - 12 leagues ; arid as, moreover, the K in g o f Ka sson’s residence is said to b e midway between the two falls ; and that residence appearing to b e Ko on iak a r ry , a place visited b y M r . P a r k ; and which is no more than ab ou t 22' from the lower fall, and at 13 ' distant from the north bank o f th e r iv e r ; it cannot well be otherwise than that the two falls are within 30 G . miles o f each other. A n d hence it may be concluded, that quatorze and n o t quarante, was in the original manuscript. T h e distance between Ko on iak a r ry and the Senegal river, 13 miles, points to a W N W course, or thereabouts, o f the r iv e r between the falls; not much different from its general course, lower down. JBut as the Ba-fing, o r principal arm o f this river, must run almost d ire c tly to the north, from the p lac e where M r . P a rk crossed it, in Ja llon k ado o , it is highly probable, that the two great branches unite at no great distance ab ov e the upper fa l l; fo r the same r id g e -o f m ountains that occasions the fall, may, perhaps, o c c a r sion a ju n ction o f the different streams ab o v e it. T h e s e falls are said b y L a b a t to be from 30 to 40 toises p erpen d icu la r ; o r 180 to 240 French feet. W e must re co lle c t that P . Hinnepen states the fall o f N ia gara at 600 feet, which subsequent accounts have reduced to 150 .+ T h e reader w ill, however, find v e ry curious descriptions o f these falls, and o f the r iv e r itself, in L a b a t, V o l. ii. p . 1 5 6 , 160. * Vol. ii. p. 156. Vol. iii. 290 and 358. f See Ellicott’s Letter in Europ. Mag. Vol. xxiv. CHAPTER V. Construction o f the N ew M a p o f N o r th A fr ica .*— New Arrangement o f the Course o f the N i le—nit s distant Fountains ye t unexplored byfEuro- peans.— A central P o sition in A fr ica , determined.— -E d r is i ’ s L in e o f D ista nc e , consistent.— E r ro r s o f L e o . I n order that the reader may be enabled to ju d g e o f the improved state o f the new map o f N o r t h A f r i c a , I shall set before him a list o f the * Table o f the principal latitudes and longitudes in the Map. In the Map. . B y M . Fleur rieu.' Con. de Temps. Bruce. Latitude. Longitude. Longitude. * Cadiz - - ■ 36° 21' N 6“ 19' W 6° I o' C . Spartel 35 48 5 57 6 2 5 54 C . Cantin - 32 33 9 *5 9 m C . de Geer ! - 30 28 9 54 IO 31 9 53 C . Bajador 26 20 14 17 14 49 14 28 * I . Ferro - 27 51 l 7 37 *7 37 C . Blanco 20 47 16 58 16 58 * C . Verd 14 48 •7 34 *7 35 t C . Palmas 4 30 7 41 11. St. Thomas 0 18 N 0 37 E Tunis 36 44 10 20 T ripoly 32 54 13 t 5 — __ 13 20 Mourzouk 27 48 r5 3 # Suez - 30 2 32 28 Cairo - 3° 3 31 20 — —L 31 29 Koseir 26 8 34 8 _ — * 3* 4 Sennar r3 35 33 3° 3°" Source o f the N ile in'! Abyssinia - / 10 59 36 55 — — ---- * 36 55 t C . Guardafui 11 43 51 12 Syene - 24 — 33. 3° — — , *33 3° # The longitudes thus marked, are from celestial observation, either at the place, or in the vicinage. + From timekeepers: the two first by Capt. Price, the latter by Capt. Richardson. S 2
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