CHAPTER V. 
Mode of Travelling in Africa. 
The mode of travelling in Africa is fo conneded with the 
commerce, and therefore with the manners of its principal na- 
tions, that without fome knowledge of the former ^ a defcription 
of the two Z^/Z^r cannot be clearly underftood. . , . , 
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In that diviflon of Africa which lies to the North of the The sher«f 
Imhammcd. 
Niger, the feafon for travelling begins with the month of Oc- 
tober, and terminates with the month of March. During this 
period, the temperature of the air, though ftrongly affected by 
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