riley's narrative. 
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ceive it impossible to doubt his having received 
from that person the narrative in question. The 
fidelity of Sidi is not quite so certain. Yet I con- 
fess myself not in general inclined to discredit the 
testimony of Africans to what they have seen, and 
have no temptation to misrepresent. The descrip- 
tion of Tombuctoo corresponds to that of Adams, 
with such discrepancies as might happen to inaccu- 
rate observers, and as tend even to remove the suspi- 
cion of copying. The same may be said of the name 
Zolibib, corresponding to the Joliba of Park, Gul- 
lu, or Julbi of Horneman. Horneman also states 
(8vo ed. p. 201-5,) that this river in the eastern 
part of its course is called Zad, and that it there 
turns rapidly southwards. On the whole, there- 
fore, the presumption seems to be in favour of the 
narrative ; and it certainly opens very interesting 
views of the interior of Africa, 
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