[166] My learned friend M. Delile, author of the Flore d’Egypte, considers this tree as the persea of the ancients; but this opinion is disputed.
[167] See “Réflexions sur l’état des Connoissances relatives au Dhioliba,” page 25.
[168] M. Caillié has brought away some seeds and fragments of gramineous and leguminous plants, collected between Timé and Djenné, and on the banks of the Dhioliba, now deposited at the vice-consulate of Tangier, with some white stone from the wells of El-Araouan, some minerals, and the plummet of which I have spoken.
[169] Descript. Afric. &c. page 429, Tigur. 1559.
[170] Consult the interesting work entitled Naufrage du brig français la Sophie, par M. Charles Cochelet, (Paris, 1821, in 8vo) where the author affirms that Sidi-Hamet did not visit Timbuctoo, and raises doubts upon the travels of Adams. (Tom. 2, chap. XV.)
[171] M. Jomard’s share in the publication is confined to the itinerary, the maps and the geographical discussions, the division, and the general superintendence of the work.
[172] It is the line which Watt and Winterbottom took in 1794.
[173] He passed considerably to the east of these towns.
[174] See the report page [451].
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