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AFRICA AND ITS EXPLORATION. 
relations with it, and begging him to let him have a 
letter to say when the English expedition promised by 
Clapperton would arrive on the coast of Africa. 
Clapperton returned by the route by which he had 
come, arriving on the 8th of July at Kouka, where he 
rejoined Denham. He had brought with him an Arab 
manuscript containing a geographical and historical 
picture of the kingdom of Takrour, governed by 
A VIEW ON THE NIGER. 
Mahommed Bello of Houssa, author of the manuscript. 
He himself had not only collected much valuable in¬ 
formation on the geology and botany of Bornou and 
Houssa, but also drawn up a vocabulary of the languages 
of Begharnri, Mandara, Bornou, Houssa, and Tinrbuctoo. 
The results of the expedition were therefore con¬ 
siderable. The Fellatalis had been heard of for the first 
time, and their identity with the Fans had been ascer¬ 
tained by Clapperton in his second journey. It had 
been proved that these Fellatahs had created a vast 
