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CHAPTER IV. 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES, 
Followed by Notes on the Fragments of Plants brought over by M. 
Caillie, on some natural productions of the countries he has tra- 
versed, and on several points of geography. 
PL 1. Portrait of the Traveller. 
PI. II. A woman of Timbuctoo. 
PI. III. M. Caillie meditating upon the Koran and taking 
his notes. 
PI. IV. Plan of the great mosque of Timbuctoo^ and a 
view of it taken from the E. N. E.* 
Fig. 1. Plan of the mosque on a scale of a thou- 
sandth. 
a. Niche or recess for the ceremonies of reli- 
gious worship ; it is formed in a very- 
ancient wall. See pi. V. fig. l. 
b. The great tower. 
* This is the mosque called in the description the Western Mosque, 
and which is situated to the W. S. W. of the town. 
