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Camden, writes,^* the river of Dar Kulla, mentioned by Mr. 
Bro wne, is generally supposed to be the Niger, or at least to have 
a communication with that river/' The name and course of the 
Quolla suggested this to me before I observed the above remark, 
which I did not until my return.* Other arguments will presently 
appear for the identity of the Kulla and the Niger.-f 
The Gambaroo seems to me to identify the Gir of Ptolemy ,J 
carried by him into the centre of Africa, and which would appear 
as large as the Niger by the expression, " maximi sunt Gir et 
Nigir/' The river of Bornoo, hitherto assumed, is not adequate to 
the impression Ptolemy conveys, and the names " Gir et Nigir,'' 
seem to indicate a connection. The Niger may be considered to 
terminate when the smaller stream is lost in the Nile. 
Concerning the source of the Niger, there was a difFei*ence of 
opinion amongst the Moors, and not the least notion amongst the 
Negroes. Some said that it rose in Bambooch, meaning, as I pre- 
sume, Bambouk, and others in Jabowa, where they described 
another large river to rise also, running westward. Jabowa was 
said to be 40 journies from Sego, and Bambooch 43. 
From Jabowa the Niger was described to run to Fouta Gollabi, 
and in six days thence to Fouta Towra ; the Moors must certainly 
have meant Foota Galla, and Footatora, for their pronunciation 
* See the account of the large interior river known at Gaboon, under the name of 
Wole or Wohla. 
■f- " There is one thing that disagrees mth Mr. Park's account, they call the Niger 
Quolla at Jenne, Sansanding, &c. &c. and describe the JoUiba as falling into the Quolla 
east of TimbuctQo." W. H. 
The Moors invariably reported to me that it ran from it. Mr. H. might perhaps 
have misunderstood the Jenne Moor, whose single authority cannot be opposed to the 
concurrence of several. 
J Illorum vero qui per interiorem ^Ethiopiam fluant, quique fontes et ostia in conti- 
nente habent maximi sunt Gir et Nigir. (Lib. 2. E. 1. De maximis Jtuminibus.} 
