" The most magnificent contribution of Lhe present cen- 

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DR. BARTPI'S 

 NORTH AND CENTRAL AFRICA.- 



Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa. Being a 



Journal of an Expedition undertaken under the Auspices of 



H.B.M's Government in the Years 1849-1855. By Henry 



Bap.tiIj Ph.D., D.C.L., Fellow of the Eoyal Geographical and 



Asiatic Societies, &c., &c. Profusely and elegantly illustrated. 



Complete in 3 vols. 8vo, Muslin, $2 50 a Volume; Half Calf, 



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Dr. Earth's ■\vonderful travels approach the Equator from the North as nearly 

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 which still remains open for exploration and research. — Vol. III., completing 

 the work, is in the press, and ivill be published shortly. 



The researches of Dr. Earth are of the highest interest. Few men have ex- 

 isted so qxialified, both by intellectual ability and a vigorous bodily constitution, 

 for the perilous part of an African discoverer as Dr. Earth. — Lorulon Times, 

 Sex>t. 8, 1857. 



It richly merits all the commendation bestowed upon it by "the leading jour- 

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Every chapter presents matter of more original interest than an ordinary vol- 

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For extent and variety of subjects, the volumes before us greatly surpass every 

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Dr. Earth is the model of an explorer — patient, persevering, and resolute. — 

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No one who wishes to know Africa can afford to dispense with this work. — Bos- 

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It can not fail to find its way into the libraries of most scholars. — Lynchburg 

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The personal details give the work great interest. — Philadelj^hia Press. 



Dr. Earth's work is a magnificent contribution to geographical and ethno- 

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Your curiosity is awakened, step by step, as with diminished resources he 

 works his way through fanatical and rapacious tribes, ready in resources and 

 never desponding, and buoyed up by the unconquerable desire to surpass his 

 predecessors in the thoroughness and in the range of his discoveries. — Albion. 



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