1148 General Notes. [ November, 
Geog. Society an interesting account of King Mtesa, whose death 
was reported in the papers of july 13th. That he wasa very 
remarkable man is evident from the respect entertained for him 
by Grant, Speke, Baker, Stanley, de Bellefonds and other travel- 
ers, as well as by the discipline he maintained and the affection 
with which he was regarded by his people. He communicated his 
love of acquiring information to his people, and the habits of ob- 
servation thus enforced have raised his people above other Afri- 
cans. The population of Uganda proper is probably not over 4 
million, but if the inhabitants of Karagweh, Usui, Unyoro and 
Usoga be included, the total may probably reach three millions. 
The British government has annexed the territory lying south- 
east of Sierra Leone as far as Liberia. 
Northward of Sierra Leone, on the Futa Diallon coast, the 
French have established several new stations. ; 
Gerhard Rohlfs estimates the Jews in Africa at 220,000, 1m 
opposition to Brunialti, who placed them at 450,000. EN 
Dr. J. Partsch, of Berlin, presents evidence to show that the 
shores of Tunis are not an area of elevation; as claimed by Th 
Fischer. He states that the chief addition to the land saM 
dred square miles of delta built out by the combined action % 
the River Medjerda (the ancient Bagradas) and wind action 0n 
the sands, since the third century. Carthage is still on a p 
tory close to the sea, with the remains of some of its harbor 
works at the water’s edge. 
Mr. Thomson has been compelled to return to M 
caravan on account of the hatred to white men among the NaS) — 
her's caravat 
aroused by the passage through the country of pg Mase 
Taveta with his : 
on the first weak caravan. The retreat was effected safely. cia 
he caravan of Dr. Fischer consisted of 800 men, with 
therefore, have been formed by the union of other caravans ©” 
e 350 men Dr. Fischer took with him. im, 
Dr. W. Junker was, when news was last received rye” 
still in the Niam-Niam country, at the residence of ac 
mio. 
The total length of the Niger, according to Ce | 
lieni, is over 2000 miles, the upper part, from the roc 
a little below Bammaka, to its head-waters, may P“ } 
part navigable for small steamers; the middle cours, |, 
slaves, cattle, gold, etc., and is little known, iia 
has often been ascended a considerable distance by 
sels. Several of the towns are surrounded by we 
ramparts. 
