C)78 KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE. 



AFRICA. 



Explorations of the Zambesi. Mr. Guyot, a French explorer, has 



been exploring the Zambesi and its affluents. September lo, 1881, he reached 

 Tetts, a Portuguese settlement. 



His exploration has been in part on the river Muareze, an affluent of the 

 left bank of the Zambesi. This river has appeared on the map of St. Jvao Mon- 

 tcro de Foureca Vatz, as the Uamiteuze, a name unknown to the natives. He 

 finds on the Muareze a carboniferous formation with its schiests and its sandstones 

 and huge masses of diorite, of such magnitude that the shores and bluffs were 

 wholly composed of it. 



On leaving the Zambesi he found a number of villages where he obtained 

 provisions and hospitable treatment by distributing some cotton cloth. 



The strata of coal found in the bed of the Muareze are thin sheets inter- 

 calated in strata of schists, which alter its quality very perceptibly. * 



At twelve miles distance from the Zambesi roads are difficult, and safety very 

 uncertainty. The whole country is infested by Bonja, who are brigands; Mr. 

 Guyot escaped attack solely on account of his escort of fifty Sepoys. 



The health of the expedition is excellent, and some of the party have started 

 for Manico. 



We have lately announced the happy return from Timbo, in western Africa, 

 of Mr. V. Gabori.and, who was intrusted by Mr. Aime Olivier with the mission 

 of obtaining from the Almany of Foota Djalloo, a confirmation of the treaty of 

 friendship and the concession of a railway, already accepted and signed be- 

 tween Mr. Aime Olivier and the Almany Javery, the predecessor of Ahmadon 

 the present ruler. 



The Commercial Geographical Society of Paris has received on this subject 

 new particulars as follows : Mr. Gaboriand brought back with him a copy 

 written in Arabic, signed by Ahmadon, countersigned by his heir and properly 

 certified to by their interpreter, of a treaty signed on the loth day of July, at 

 Timbo, between Mr. Gaboriand and the above named chief. 



The terms of this treaty are as follows : Almany Ahmadon authorizes the 

 construction of a railway, which is to end on the west coast, and concedes to the 

 P. R. Co. the necessary lands for its construction. 



He also agrees to furnish all the laborers necessary for its construction, and 

 to protect the construction and maintenance of this enterprise ; granting also to 

 Mr. A. Olivier the right to establish in his government, free from tax or any as- 

 sessment, factories or commercial trading houses. 



" All aboard for Timbuctoo," will soon be as well known as any other rail- 

 way tour : for the construction of this road to Timbo from the Senegal is a vast 

 step forward into Central Africa. 



