Narrative of Travels and Discoveries - In Northern and Central Africa; In the Years 1822, 1823, and 1824; Extending Across the Great Desert to the Tenth Degree of Northern Latitude, and From Kouka in Bornou, to Sackatoo, the Capital of... #266227

My own expeditions in various parts of Bornou, in Mandara, and Loggun, and the two fruitless attempts I made to complete the tour Of the great lake Tchad, will be found to occupy a considerable portion Of the volume; and being made in countries, and among a people unknown to Europeans,-many Of them even by name or report, — it is hoped that observations, faithfully and circumstantially minuted down at the time and spot, will not be found tedious or uninteresting to the reader.