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Travels in Western Africa, in the years 1818, 19, 20, and 21, from the river Gambia, through Woolli, Bondoo, Galam, Kasson, Kaarta, and Foolidoo, to the river NigerGray, William, Major

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Travels in Western Africa, in the years 1818, 19, 20, and 21, from the river Gambia, through Woolli, Bondoo, Galam, Kasson, Kaarta, and Foolidoo, to the river Niger

Name: Travels in Western Africa, in the years 1818, 19, 20, and 21, from the river Gambia, through Woolli, Bondoo, Galam, Kasson, Kaarta, and Foolidoo, to the river Niger
Author: Gray, William, Major

Gray, William, Major

Sudan (Region) -- Description and travel

=TRAVELS=
                                  IN
                           =WESTERN AFRICA,=
                                 ETC.


           G. WOODFALL, ANGEL COURT, SKINNER STREET, LONDON.


[Illustration: W. Gray del.

BOKARI THE KARTAN GUIDE.

_Published Feb. 1825. by John Murray, London._]

[Illustration: MAP of the ROUTES pursued by the Expeditions under
MAJORS PEDDIE AND GRAY.

_Published as the act directs, March 15th. 1825. by John Murray
Albemarle Street, London._

_J. Walker Sculpt._]


                               =TRAVELS=
                                  IN
                           =WESTERN AFRICA,=
                  IN THE YEARS 1818, 19, 20, AND 21,
                               FROM THE
             RIVER GAMBIA, THROUGH WOOLLI, BONDOO, GALAM,
                          KASSON, KAARTA, AND
                     FOOLIDOO, TO THE RIVER NIGER.

                                  BY
                          MAJOR WILLIAM GRAY,
                             AND THE LATE
                        STAFF SURGEON DOCHARD.

           WITH A MAP, DRAWINGS, AND COSTUMES, ILLUSTRATIVE
                          OF THOSE COUNTRIES.


  Quòd si deficiant vires, audacia certè

    Laus erit in magnis, et voluisse sat est.

                                               PROP.


                                LONDON:
                     JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET
                               MDCCCXXV.




                WITH SENTIMENTS OF THE HIGHEST RESPECT
                    AND THE MOST SINCERE GRATITUDE,
                   THE AUTHOR OF THE FOLLOWING PAGES
                  HAS, BY PERMISSION, DEDICATED THEM
                                TO THE
                     RIGHT HON. THE EARL BATHURST,
              HIS MAJESTY’S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE
                           FOR THE COLONIES.




                              =PREFACE.=


In offering to the public the following pages, it may be necessary to
state the motives which operated to my acceptance of that important
command, which it will be their business to disclose. Though not born
in the camp, nor altogether educated in the field, I have been early
taught in that frankness which generally characterises the soldier,
and, I trust, it will be found that, in all I describe, I have never
deviated from strictly acting on that honourable and faithful basis.

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Travels in Western Africa, in the years 1818, 19, 20, and 21, from the river Gambia, through Woolli, Bondoo, Galam, Kasson, Kaarta, and Foolidoo, to the river Niger

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