308 Geographical Notices. 
Men experienced in geology, botany and photography are also — 
..  tojoin in this expedition, and under a leader of such acknowl 
? edged ability important results may be anticipated. ny 4 
It is proper to remark that Mr. W. D. Cooley, who has long § 
been distinguished for his attention to African geography, diss 
utes* many of Dr. Livingstone’s generalizations and inferences” 
in respect to the structure of the southern portion of the contr — 
nent, and especially his statement of the union of the Leeambye — 
and the Zambesi. ie ae 
the British 
berated j 
Sakatt 
an English commercial station. In another season the Benue ® 
to be ascended, and the regions of Adamawa and Hamarrawé = 
to be explored, and perhaps the higher part of the Old Calabar 
river may be het red 
1¢ geological instructions of this expedition were prepa 
by Sir R. I. Murchison, who expresses the hope (in his annu 
address before the Royal Geographital Society, from which pig 
” of the above facts are taken) that much mineral wealth 1s 0% 
A ound, ; 
_ In fhet,” he says, “if the survey be completed in the manner 
ised, the whole western side of Central Africa will haves . ‘ail 
‘aversed, as to yield two important sections, which canny 
te the knowledge we desire. The Niger or Kwara | 
_ * London Atheneum, Feb, 18, 1858. 
