ON AFRICA. 449 cree him to be the person to clear up this longcontested geographical point, unless the fascination of Arabian manners, or some Utopia in the interior regions of that continent, should wean him from the desire to re-visit his native country.

This intelligence of Park may be considered some corroboration of what I have maintained respecting the union of waters between the Eastern and Western Niles.

The following testimonies are some confirmation of my report respecting decked vessels, &c.

in the interior of Africa. " Dr. Stetzen, a German physician residing at Alexandria ", says, that he has received intelligence from a pilgrim, on his way to Mecca, a native of Ber Noh, or Bernou °, that the river within a mile of the city is as large as the Egyptian Nile, and overflows its banks ; it is navigated by vessels of considerable dimensions, carrying sails and oars, Mr. Barnes states, that the Niger discharges itself into a large lake ; that he has heard from the Black traders that there are white inhabitants upon the borders of this lake ; and has been * See Monthly Magazine, March, 1817, page 125.

*" See Jackson's enlarged Account of Marocco, &c. page 309.

" For full particulars, see New Supp. to Ency. Brit, article " Africa."

** This Bernou, or according to the Arabic orthography, Ber Nokf is asserted by the Arabs to be the birth-place of the Patriarch Noah.

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