TRAVELS AND DISCOVERIES IN NORTH AND CENTRAL AFRICA. VOL. V. LONDON: PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO. NEW-STREET SQUARE. [Illustration: Drawn by J. M. Bernatz, from a Sketch by Dr. Barth. M. & N. Hanhart, lith. et impt. GÁGHO OR GÓGÓ. June 20th. 1854.] TRAVELS AND DISCOVERIES IN NORTH AND CENTRAL AFRICA: BEING A JOURNAL OF AN EXPEDITION UNDERTAKEN UNDER THE AUSPICES OF H.B.M.’S GOVERNMENT, IN THE YEARS 1849-1855. BY HENRY BARTH, PH.D., D.C.L. FELLOW OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL AND ASIATIC SOCIETIES, _&c. &c._ IN FIVE VOLUMES. VOL. V. LONDON: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, LONGMANS, & ROBERTS. 1858. _The right of translation is reserved._ CONTENTS OF THE FIFTH VOLUME. * * * * * CHAP. LXX. Page Beginning of the New Year. — Anomalous Rising of the Niger. — Commercial Relations of Timbúktu 1 Cheering Prospects at the beginning of the Year. — Material Existence. — Unreasonable Dispute about a Point of Religious Controversy. — Embarrassing Circumstances. — Anomalous Rising of the River. — The Phenomenon explained. — High State of the Waters. — Machinations of the Merchants from Morocco. — Mysterious Attack of Sickness. — Rainy Days in January. — Departure put off. — Demon Principle of the Mohammedans. — Small Loan. — Commercial Relations. — Manufactures limited. — Leather Work. — Specimens. — No Weaving. — Foreign Commerce. — Gold. — Gold and Salt. — Species and Prices of Salt. — Salt and Gúro Nuts. — Points in the Trade of Gúro Nuts. — Cotton Manufactures in former Times. — Provisions. — Caravans from the North. — Exaggerated Accounts. — Articles of European Commerce. — Important Position of Timbúktu. CHAP. LXXI. Diary, continued 8