IN CENTRAL AFRICA. 
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SECOND PART OF THE TRAVELS. 
The largest portion of the space between Kakondy 
and Time may be regarded as an entirely new acquisition 
for geography ; the same remark applies to that which we 
are about to run over with our traveller. We must not 
regret that he abandoned the banks of the Dhioliba, and 
that this circumstance deprived us of information con- 
cerning the banks of that river from Couroussa to Djenne ; 
we are indemnified for this loss by his discoveries re- 
specting countries of which we have hitherto been utterly 
ignorant. Moreover^ had he passed through Bamacou^ 
Sego^ and Sansanding, he would not have had time to so- 
journ in them so long as Mungo Park did : he mighty per- 
haps^ even have been recognised at Sego, and like Do- 
chard have been detained. Leaving the river far to the 
west, he became acquainted with the tributary streams 
which traverse the triangular space comprised between Cou- 
roussa, Time, and Djenn^ and with all the positions of 
this vast tract. He also acquired information concerning 
the positions situated near the rivers, and of all the towns 
of any importance, by the attention which he paid to in- 
quire their distance and direction at different points of his 
route. 
I have already observed that, the route from Time to 
Djenne having been performed under the same circum- 
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