Expedition to discover the sources of the White Nile, in the years 1840, 1841, Vol. 1 (of 2)Werne, Ferdinand
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Expedition to discover the sources of the White Nile, in the years 1840, 1841, Vol. 1 (of 2)
Werne, Ferdinand
Nile River
END OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
LONDON:
Printed by S. & J. BENTLEY and HENRY FLEY,
Bangor House, Shoe Lane.
FOOTNOTES:
[Footnote 1: Renard the Fox. This refers to the celebrated old
German satire on the intrigues practised at a weak court. It
appeared at Lubeck in 1498, and nothing is known, with certainty,
of its author. Goethe has admirably rendered a part of it into
Hexameters.—_Translator_.]
[Footnote 2: Subsequently I was convinced, by reading over more
carefully a letter which I had received from my brother (as a last
remembrance, containing careful recipes for my health) just as
I was embarking, that Ahmed Basha and Suliman Kashef had spoken
the truth, and that the latter was really nominated chief of the
expedition by the viceroy. This journal (kept by the renegade Rustum
Effendi, a native of Navarino) had given greater satisfaction than
Selim-Capitan’s numerous figures, &c. The Kashef confessed to me
openly that he would now take his ease, and let the others do what
they liked, for he was no maendes (engineer).]
[Footnote 3: A thaler is about 3_s._ English.]
[Footnote 4: Each degree of Réaumur is equal to 2⅑ of one of
Fahrenheit. To change, therefore, Réaumur into Fahrenheit, multiply
the given number of degrees of Réaumur by 9, and divide the product
by 4, the quotient must be added to 32°, and the sum will be the
equivalent sought.]
[Footnote 5: The miles, during this voyage, are English sea-miles,
or knots. (Trans.)]
[Footnote 6: _Sauerbraten._—The well known decoction of beef
steeped in vinegar, which is served up at every table d’hôte
in Germany.—_Transl._]
[Footnote 7: A Parisian or French foot is equal to 1·066 English.]
[Footnote 8: A Rhenish foot is equal to 1·030 English. (Transl.)]
Transcriber's note:
pg v_bis Changed: HUSSEÏN AA’S DRINKING to: AGA’S
pg 51 Changed: exept by Vaissière to: except
pg 78 Changed: Kabbalish Arabs to: Kabbabish
pg 88 Changed: Sahèbesha to: Schèbesha
pg 89 Changed: the left hore to: shore
pg 95 Changed: Philœ to: Philæ
pg 95 Changed: Wadi Shiler to: Shileï
pg 147 Changed: _Andansonia digitata_ to _Adansonia_
pg 184 Changed: latitude yesterday was 80° to: 8°
pg 190 Changed: their countyman’s statement to: countryman’s
pg 209 Changed: latitude is 70° 48′ to: 7°
pg 213 Changed: severel deep foot-prints to: several
pg 221 Changed: HUSSEÏN AA’S DRINKING to: AGA’S
pg 234 Changed: neigbouring reeds to: neighbouring
pg 234 Changed: accord-to to: according to
pg 305 Changed: of unusal size to: unusual
pg 321 Changed: without any accdent to: accident
Minor changes in punctuation have been done silently.
Other spelling inconsistencies have been left unchanged.
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