BARTH’S TRAVELS IN NORTH AND CENTRAL AFRICA The Minerva Library _OF FAMOUS BOOKS_. Edited by G. T. BETTANY, M.A. _1. CHARLES DARWIN’S JOURNAL during a Voyage in the ‘Beagle.’_ _2. THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS._ _3. BORROW’S BIBLE IN SPAIN._ _4. EMERSON’S PROSE WORKS._ _5. GALTON’S TROPICAL SOUTH AFRICA._ _6. MANZONI’S THE BETROTHED LOVERS._ _7. GOETHE’S FAUST (Complete). Bayard Taylor._ _8. WALLACE’S TRAVELS ON THE AMAZON._ _9. DEAN STANLEY’S LIFE OF DR. ARNOLD._ _10. POE’S TALES OF ADVENTURE, MYSTERY, AND IMAGINATION._ _11. COMEDIES BY MOLIÈRE._ _12. FORSTER’S LIFE OF GOLDSMITH._ _13. LANE’S MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE MODERN EGYPTIANS._ _14. TORRENS’ LIFE OF MELBOURNE._ _15. THACKERAY’S VANITY FAIR._ _16. BARTH’S TRAVELS IN NORTH AND CENTRAL AFRICA._ London: WARD, LOCK & CO. [Illustration: KANEMBU CHIEF.] THE MINERVA LIBRARY OF FAMOUS BOOKS. _Edited by G. T. BETTANY, M.A., B.Sc._ TRAVELS AND DISCOVERIES IN NORTH AND CENTRAL AFRICA. INCLUDING ACCOUNTS OF _TRIPOLI, THE SAHARA, THE REMARKABLE KINGDOM OF BORNU, AND THE COUNTRIES AROUND LAKE CHAD_. BY HENRY BARTH, PH.D., D.C.L. _With Full-page Illustrations and the Original Woodcut Illustrations, and a Memoir of the Author._ WARD, LOCK, AND CO., LONDON, NEW YORK, AND MELBOURNE. 1890. [_All rights reserved._] INTRODUCTION. The travels of Dr. Barth in Northern and Central Africa rank among the foremost of the enterprises which have illuminated our ignorance about Central Africa. They have an especial value, too, as being almost the sole record of a state of things which has considerably changed since his time, and will no doubt rapidly change still further.