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were taken every morning before the march commenced, so as to allow of their giving as accurate a reading as possible. In addition to this, numerous readings were taken on the road, when we thought such necessary.

The work of each day was transcribed at night, and on the day after our arrival in Dara we were able to send to England the manuscript of the map, as well as the protraction we had made sn route. No pains were spared to produce as correct a map as possible of our route, and we can publish it with every confidence. Every village, hill, swamp, rock, stream, or cultivated ground that we passed, has been marked upon it, and may serve to guide those who, in future times, may travel over the same ground. In order to show the reader how the notes were kept, I give a page out of my note-book, which must be read from the bottom to the top. Where rivers are crossed they are marked by a line, the arrow-head of which shows the direction of the current. The distance is calculated at two miles and a half an hour in straight lines ; the distance really marched was about a third greater than this.

The value of this map is due to the fact that only a very small portion of the route we followed has been traversed before ; it connects Lado and the maps of the Nile and Equatorial Provinces with the well-explored province of Darfour at Dara.

Schweiufiirth's route coincides with our journey for