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WONDERFUL TROPICAL SCENERY IN AFRICA . 
came nearest to being successful was made by Ftederic Hornemann in 
1797-1803. This young man, who was a student of Gottingen Uni¬ 
versity, offered his services to the Society and had them accepted as 
soon as his character was known to them. He proceeded to Egypt, 
where he was detained some time by the hostility to Europeans which 
had been excited by Bonaparte’s landing in that country. When the 
great French general reached Cairo, he was liberated; and he joined a 
caravan which was setting out for Mourzouk, the capital of Fezzan. 
HUNTING SCENE IN EAST AFRICA. 
The interest which the British government felt in the exploration of 
Africa was not allowed to languish because the first expedition sent out 
had resulted fatally to all concerned. In 1816, two parties were sent 
out, the one to explore the Niger from the westward, as Park had 
already done, the other to ascend the great river which empties into the 
Atlantic Ocean about six degees south of the equator. We know this as 
the Congo; but although it was called by that name in 1816, it was a well 
understood thing that this was merely a sectional name; that the same 
