PROTECTION FOR THE MODEL FARM. 
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the nations in its neighbourhood, except from the in- 
formation derived from Ma’Sabah.* A river of such 
magnitude, however, equal to, if not greater than the 
Niger, must roll its waters through an immense extent 
of country ; and if, as there was much reason to 
believe, it should prove to be the outlet of the great Lake 
Chad, or Tzad,f discovered by Denham and Clapperton, 
not only would an important geographical problem be 
solved, and new fields opened for commercial enterprise, 
but access would be gained by the double operations to 
the principal sources of the Slave Trade. 
Captain Trotter and Commander Bird Allen in the 
Niger, and Commander W. Allen and Mr. Cook in the 
Chadda, were accordingly empowered to make Treaties 
with the chiefs, subject to the sanction of the whole 
Commission ; and the details of the proceedings of each 
sub-commission-meeting were to be embodied in the 
General Report of the Commissioners to her Majesty’s 
Government. 
For the protection of the new settlers at the Model 
Farm, and at the request of Mr. Carr, the ‘ Amelia’ was 
left at the anchorage, abreast of Stirling, under the 
charge of Mr. Webb, mate — now commander — with Mr. 
CoUman, assistant-surgeon, and one of the sappers; also 
Mr. Ansell, to procure specimens of the most valuable 
plants and seeds. Captain Trotter gave Mr. Webb full 
* Page 375 . 
t See a paper on this subject by Captain W. Allen in the 13th 
volume of the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society. 
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