Ss 
to be gleaned by the compilers who 
fhall come after me.” When'Mr.God- 
win had advanced towards the middle 
of his fecond volume, he found the ma- 
terials {welling under his hand beyond 
his expe&tation, and, by the advice of 
his bookfeller, reluétantly aflented to 
comprefs them. He is now of opinién, 
however, that lefs is loft by the com- 
prefion than he at firft imagined.— 
<‘ It had been my object (fays Mr.God- 
win,) to collect generally thofe parti- 
culars of contemporary manners, lite- 
rature, and hiftory, which contributed 
to make Chaucer what he was. But 
theample furvey of what he was before 
he was fifty-feven years of age, may 
feem fuficient for this purpofe ; nor is 
it likely that his mind underwent any 
effential revolution after that period.— 
I found John of Gauntintimately con- 
nected with the hiftory of Chaucer, and 
I was defirous of fhowing what fort of 
man Chaucer had for his patron and 
his friend. But if I have not ade- 
quately refcued this Prince from the 
mifreprefentations of the crowd of hif- 
torians in what the reader will find in 
thefe volumes, I am afraid it would be 
to httle purpofe to have laboured more 
upon the concluding period of bis life.” 
We repeat that, both in matter and 
manner, this work has for feveral years 
had no equal; but we learn that the 
public voice has already anticipated 
our applaule. 
Under the head of Biography we 
mention the republication of Dr. 
Rerp’s ** Effays on the Powsers of the Hu- 
man Mind,’ becaufe prefixed to them is 
an admirable Life of that celebrated 
philofopher and amiable man, by the 
erudite Mr. DuGALD STEWARD. 
VOYAGES, TRAVELS, AND TOURS. 
“ GOLBERRY’s Travels through Afri- 
ae 
Thefe are the fragments of a much 
larger work. When the French be- 
came pofleffed of the Senegal by the 
peace of 1783, they had every oppor- 
tunity ef penetrating into the interior 
of Africa. They had the exclufive na- 
vigation of the Senegal itfelf, and the 
power to afcend up this river as far as 
local. circumftances. would permit ; 
they had the eitablithments of Galam 
and Podher; the fouthern parts of 
Zaara ; the foreits of the gum-trees, 
and an extenfive influence, by which 
they might progreffively have eftablith- 
ed themielves in the country of Bam- 
Retrofpec? of Domeftic Literature-—Veyages, Travels, Ses. 
that Imay not have left fome portion 
bouk, and have proceeded even te 
Tombouéctou and Tocrur. But France 
was indifferent to thefe opportunities. 
In the year 1785, however, M. de 
Bouffers was appointed Governor of 
Senegal, and the author of this work 
went out with him as his firft aide-du- 
camp, and was inftructed to perform 
the functions of chief engineer of the 
whole of the government, and to re- 
connoitre that part of it which was 
formed by the weftern and maritime 
countries. ‘The choice was certainly 
a very happy one; for Mr. Golberry 
was endued with a fpirit of refearch 
and enterprize which urged him to-col- 
lectevery pofible information concern- 
ing the {tate of the country, its pro- 
duce, itsinhabitants, &c. which might 
be ferviceable to his own country.— 
His labours for the extenfion of its go- 
vernment and its commerce in all pro- 
bability will] not be regarded with in- 
difference. 
On his return to France Mr. Gol- 
berry employed himfelf unceafingly in 
digefting the materials for a large 
work—in preparing maps, plans, &c, ; 
but fo many delays occurred, from 2 
variety of caufes, that he was greatly 
mortified in finding much of his infor 
mation anticipated by the appearance 
in Engiand of Mungo Park’s Travels. 
The confequence of this was, that Mr, 
Golberry declined purfuing his onginal 
intention, and fatisfied himfelf with the 
feletion of mifcellaneous fragments : 
thefe are now tranflated, badly enough ! 
- by a Mr. Mudford. 
They certainly contain information, 
though it is ftrangely jumbled toge- 
ther ; the moft interefting parts are 
thofe which relate to the gum-trade of 
Senegal and the gold-mines of Bam- 
bouk. Refpecting the former of thefe, 
acopious and very interefting account 
was given in our laft volume, tranflat- 
ed from the original of the work before 
us. 
The gold-mines of Bambouk area 
national property, over which the 
Kings, or Tarims, have no other per- 
fonal authority than that of watching 
over and protecting them: the inhabi- 
tants work thofe which are fituated 
within their own territory. The coun- 
try of Bambouk is, ftriétly fpeaking, 
auriferous earth, fays Golberry, but 
the four principal mines are thofe of 
Natakon, Semayla, Nambia, Komba- 
dyrie. The working of the mines is 
carried on during the eight months of 
a dry 
