[85] See the Bulletin of the Geographical Society, the second volume of its memoirs, and the map of the Course of the Gambia beyond Coussaye etc.
[86] “An Account of the Empire of Morocco,” p. 240.
[87] In his letter dated from Timbuctoo, Major Laing speaks of a distance of fifteen days’ journeys between Sego and Timbuctoo; I find upon the map about three hundred and fifty-four miles in a direct line; the days’ journeys are of twenty four miles, or those of a light caravan.
[88] The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, &c. p. 164.
[89] A Chart of the River Gambia, &c.
[90] Annales Maritimes for the year 1827, second part, vol. ii, p. 276.
[91] Ann. Marit. for the year 1828; second part, vol. i, pages 933 and 941.
[92] The Journal, &c. p. 21.
[93] M. de Beaufort has made, at Senegal, two observations which differ from the above by more than 5°, and others which exceed from 2 to 5 degrees: this variation is, no doubt, owing to local circumstances.
[94] The journeys of the subsequent days were shorter.