5^% IlILEY*S NARRATIVE. 
The authenticity of this relation becomes there- 
fore a very important question. The testimonies 
to the worth and veracity of Riley are so respect- 
able, and he is so liable to be checked by Mi* 
Willshire, and by the yet living evidence of Sidi 
Hamet, that we conceive it impossible to doubt 
his having received from that person the narra- 
tive in question. The fidelity of Sidi is not quitef 
so certain. Yet I confess myself not in general 
inclined to discredit the testimony of Africans to 
what they have seen, and have no temptation to 
misrepresent. The description of Tombuctoo cor- 
responds to that of Adams, with such discrepan- 
cies as might happen to inaccurate observers, and 
as tend even to remove the suspicion of copying. 
The same may be said of the name Zolibib, cor- 
responding to the Joliba of Park, Gulbi or Julbi 
of Horneman. Horneman also states, (8vo. ed* 
p. that this river in the eastern part of its 
course is called Zad, and that it there turns ra- 
pidly southwards. On the whole, therefore, the 
presumption seems to be in favour of the narra^ 
live. 
