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Narrative of travels and discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824

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By Dixon Denham
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The narrative recounts an overland expedition from the North African coast deep into the Sahara and the regions surrounding Lake Chad and Bornou, detailing routes, camps, supplies, and the practical difficulties of travel. Daily journals record desert terrain, wells and wadis, passing caravans, and encounters with towns and diverse local peoples, with observations on dress, customs, and conversation. Separate excursions describe visits to Mandara, Loggun, and the eastern shores of the lake, including two unsuccessful attempts to complete its circuit. The account notes illness and the death of a travelling companion and is supplemented by translated letters, charts, and geographical and political observations.

Thermometrical Journal kept at Kano.

Date. Winds. Fah. Thermometer.
6 a.m. Noon. 3 p.m.
January 1824.
Sunday, 25 E.N.E. 83 84 84
26 E.N.E. 82 84 84
27 N.E. 64 79 79
28 N.E. 65 80 80
29 N.E. 74 75 76
30 N.E. 74 76 76
31 N.E. 72 75 76
February.
Sunday, 1 N.E. 80 82 83
2 N.E. 73 79 79
3 N.E. 69 79 80
4 N.E. 70 79 78
5 N.E. 79 83 83
6 E.N.E. 79 82 84
7 E.N.E. 81 84 84
Sunday, 8 N.E. 79 84 84
9 N.E. 75 79 80
10 N.E. 77 80 80
11 N.E. 74 74 74
12 N.E. 70 73 73
13 N.E. 69 73 74
14 N.E. 72 74 74
Sunday, 15 N.E. 72 76 76
16 N.E. 74 82 83
17 N.E. 74 84 84
18 N.E. 81 85 86
19 N.E. 82 87 87
20 N.E. 81 85 86
21 E.N.E. 82 86 87

Thermometrical Journal kept at Sackatoo.

Date. Winds. Fah. Thermometer.
6 a.m. Noon. 3 p.m.
March 1824.
16 E.N.E. 84 93 95
17 E.N.E. 82 94 96
18 E.N.E. 84 91 95
19 E.N.E. 86 94 96
20 E.N.E. 82 93 95
Sunday, 21 E.N.E. 83 94 96
22 E.N.E. 84 94 95
23 E.N.E. 82 93 96
24 E.N.E. 84 95 98
25 E.N.E. 83 96 97
26 E.N.E. 82 94 96
27 E.S.E. 82 94 99
Sunday, 28 E.S.E. 86 96 98
29 E.S.E. 84 94 96
30 E.S.E. 84 96 100
31 E.S.E. 81 96 99
April.
1 E.S.E. 79 94 98
2 E.S.E. 78 94 98
3 E.S.E. 84 98 98
Sunday, 4 E.N.E. 74 95 98
5 E.N.E. 83 92 96
6 E.N.E. 76 98 101
7 E.N.E. 77 100 102
8 E.N.E. 78 100 104
9 E.N.E. 85 98 99
10 E.N.E. 84 100 104
Sunday, 11 S.W. 84 95 98
12 S.W. 84 100 104
13 S.W. 84 99 103
14 S.W. 84 104 108
15 S.W. 86 103 106
16 S.W. 87 102 106
17 S.W. 89 100 102
Sunday, 18 S.W. 87 97 102
19 S.W. 87 100 104
20 S.W. 88 99 100
21 S.W. 84 92 95
22 S.W. 85 91 97
23 S.W. 81 96 98
24 S.W. 78 81 82
Sunday, 25 S.W. 74 92 91
26 S.W. 79 94 96
27 S.W. 76 92 98
28 S.W. 79 89 94
29 S.W. 74 100 102
30 S.W. 76 91 94
May.
1 S.W. 76 98 102
Sunday, 2 S.W. 76 99 102
3 S.W. 78 100 102

Note.—The observations of the height of mercury in the barometer were mostly discontinued at Kouka, partly from the illness of Dr. Oudney, who took charge of the instrument, and partly from the uncertainty of its accuracy. At Tripoli it was regularly registered three times a day for about three months, the mean height during that period being 30,39 inches. About the middle of the desert, and indeed most of the way from Mourzuk to the Yeou, it generally stood about 28,50, and at Kouka from 28,72 to 29 inches.

THE END.

LONDON:
PRINTED BY THOMAS DAVISON, WHITEFRIARS.

From Sketches by Major Denham. Etched by E. Finden.
FIG. 1. QUIVER OF ARROWS OF THE MUNGA NATION; FIG. 2. ONE OF THE ARROWS; FIG. 3. CAP OF THE QUIVER.
FIG. 4. BOW OF THE MUNGA NATION.
FIG. 5. 6. & 7. JAVELINS OF CENTRAL AFRICA.
FIG 8. CASE SUSPENDED FROM THE SADDLE, TO RECEIVE THE POINTS OF THE JAVELINS.

(Large-size)

Published Feb. 1826, by John Murray, London.

From Drawings by Major Denham. Engraved by E. Finden.
FIG. 1. SADDLE AND SABRE-TASCHE OF THE PRINCE OF BEGHARMI.
FIG. 2. DOUBLE-HEADED LANCE OF THE CAVALRY OF BEGHARMI.
FIG. 3. LANCE OF THE BODY-GUARD OF THE SHEIKH OF BOURNOU.
FIG. 4. JAVELIN OF CENTRAL AFRICA.

(Large-size)

Published Feb. 1826, by John Murray, London.

From Drawings by Major Denham. Engraved by E. Finden.
FIG. 1. & 2. FRONT VIEW AND PROFILE OF A CHANFRON USED BY THE CAVALRY OF BOURNOU.
FIG. 3. & 4. HAND-BILLS CALLED BY THE NATIVES HUNGA-MUNGAS, USED BY THE INFANTRY TO THROW AT A RETREATING ENEMY.
FIG. 5. BATTLE-AXE SUSPENDED FROM THE SADDLE-BOW.
FIG. 6. & 7. DAGGER AND ITS SHEATH, CONSTANTLY WORN ON THE LEFT ARM BY THE CHIEFS.
FIG. 8. & 9. FRONT AND BACK OF AN IRON CUIRASS, WORN BY THE CHIEFS OF BOURNOU.

(Large-size)

Published Feb. 1826, by John Murray, London.

Transcriber's note:

  • An entry for the Prefatory notice by John Barrow has been added to the table of contents.
  • pg xvi-xvii (footnote 1) Changed: poor in the grusses to: grasses
  • pg liii Changed: Mahomet ben Kaml to: Raml
  • pg lv Changed: a bowl of libau to: liban
  • pg 105 Changed: hung round ther necks to: their
  • plate 16 (caption) Changed: ATTACH IN MUSFEIA. to: ATTACK ON MUSFEIA.
  • pg 220 (in table, row: Ear) Changed: 2[ft.] 2 by 2 6[in.] to: 2 by 2[ft.] 6[in.]
    (changed as seen in French transl. of this edition, 1826)
  • pg 268 (footnote 52) Changed: flows near Darpoor to: Darfoor
  • After Denham's Narrative:
  • pg 77 Changed: expedition under Abdecachman to: Abderachman
  • pg 152 Changed: named Fair (Tyrwhit) to: Tair
  • pg 162 Changed: Amoug the provinces to: Among
  • pg 194 Changed: S. albovittalus to: albovittatus
  • pg 231 Changed: universall exist in to: universally
  • List of plates Changed: Salt Lake Tegishy to: Salt Lake at Tegerhy
  • The list of plates has been moved from the end of the book to after the table of contents.
  • Minor changes in punctuation and fixes of typographical errors have been done silently.
  • Other spelling inconsistencies have been left unchanged.
  • New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.