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X. KAPITEL. 



DIE WICHTIGSTE LITTEBATUR UBEB NIGER UND 



SAUSSALAND. 



(Die hier genannten Werke liegen mir, wenn uicht anders gesagt, in meiner eigenen kleineu, 

 Oder in der an Reisewerken sehr reichen Bibliothek im Rothschildschen Museum zu Tring voi- . 

 Die meisten wurden in diesem Btiche gelegentlich zitiert oder beriioksichtigt.) 



1. Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in 

 the i/ears 1822, 1823 and 1824, by Major Denham, Captain Clapperton, and the late 

 Dr. Ondney, extending across the Great Desert to the tenth degree of north lat., 

 and from Kouka in Bornu to Sackatoo, the capital of the Fellatah Empire. A¥ith 

 an Appendix. By Major Dixon Denham and Captain Hugh Cla.pperton, the 

 survivors of the expedition. London, 1820. 



(Der Appendix enthiilt eine Liste von 24 VOgehi, 13 Saugethieren nnd andern 

 naturhistorischen Gegenstauden.) 



2. Dasselbe in 3'" Autlage, ohne Appendix. London, 1828. 

 (Der Text ist so gut vrie garnicht geandert.) 



3. Journal of a Second Expedition into the Interior of Africa, from the Bight 

 of Benin to Soccafoo. By the late Commander Clapperton. To which is added the 

 Journal of Richard Lander from Kano to tlie sea-coast. London, 1829. 



4. Narrative of an Expedition into the Interior of Africa, bij the Eiver Niger, 

 in the Steam-vessels " Qiwrra" and " Alburkah," in 1832, 1833, and 1834. By 

 Macgrcgor Laird a,nd R. A. K. Oldfield. 2 vols. London, 1837. 



o. A Private Journal kept during the Niger Expedition, from the Commence- 

 ment in May, 1841, until the Recall of the Expedition in June, 1842. By William 

 Simpson, civilian. London, 1843. 



(Von geringem Werthe, giebt wenig Ansknnft iiber Afrika, enthiilt aber einige 

 interressante Notizen fiber den Verlauf nnd das Ende der E.xpedition. " Note (J." 

 auf S. 131 ist sehr amiisant.) 



6. A Narrative of the Expedition to the Rioer Niger in 1841, under Captain 

 II. D. Trotter. By Captain William Allen and T. R. H. Thomson. 2 vols. 

 London, 1848. 



(Ein zoologischer Appendix enthiilt Abdriicke der Beschreibungen neu entdeckter 

 und damals noch seltener Arten.) 



7. Narrative of the Niger, Tshadda, and Binue Exploration, including a report 

 on the position and prospects of trade up those rivers, with remarks on the malaria 

 and fevers of '\\'estern Africa. With Map. By T. J. Hutchinson, Her British 

 Majesty's Consul for the Bight of Bialfra. London, 1855. 



8. Narrative of an Exploring Voi/age up the Rivers Kwura and Binue 

 (commonly known as the Niger and Tsadda) in 1854. With a Map and Appendices. 

 By Will. Balfour Baikie. London, 18.50. 



(Dies und Hutchinsons Buch beschreiben zuerst den Benuii bis iiber den clften 

 Liingengrad hinans.) 



9. Niger Flora ; or an enumeration ol the plants of Western tropical Africa, 

 collected by the late Dr. Theodore Vogel, botanist to the voyage of the expedition 

 sent by Her Britannic Majesty to the River Niger in 1841, under the command of 



