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ANALYSIS OF THE MAPS 
ART. 1. 
EARLY TRAVELS OF M. CAILLIE. 
M. Caillie undertook his first excursion in 1819. From 
St. Louis, he repaired to Goree by the usual route^ that is to 
say, he set out from Gandiolle, and followed the sea- 
shore without finding any opportunity for making new 
observations. The whole of this coast is perfectly well 
known from surveys by officers of the royal navy. 
In 1819, he associated himself with M. Adrien Par- 
tarrieu, who was about to rejoin the expedition of Major 
Gray : the latter was then in the Bondou, reduced to grie- 
vous extremities, and he sent for M. Partarrieu, to bring 
him assistance, of which the expedition stood in the utmost 
need.* It is to be regretted that M. Caillie took no notes 
of his stages during this journey; the line of route crossed 
that of M. MoUien, as well as that subsequently followed 
by Captain Beaufort. The caravan passed Boulibaba, a 
town inhabited by the Foulahs, and the situation of which 
is unknown. This whole route indeed, deserves to be de- 
* See the Voyage dans VAfrique occidentale de 1818 a 1821, by 
Major William Gray, and the late Surgeon Dochard, Paris, 1826, 
translated by Mme. Ch. Huguet. Every one is acquainted with 
the unhappy issue of this mission, during which, however, interesting 
observations were made, equally worthy the attention of geographers 
and of philanthropists. 
