The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1852-10-16
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the greatest degree of interest exIetIcnc.d ano
expressed relative tn this little know but yer,
interesting region Of the globe Who, even ir
b'yhood, has not been filled with curiosity and
deeply interested 10y the published adventures oi
Mungo fnIk, Of Drnham and Others concerning
Africa. But the unhappy fate Of almost every
one who has attempted to penetrate the myste
ries Of this region, has deferred Others from fol
lpwng them III this country Of the unexploreo
Niger. just now. however. some little OF the in
terest which prevailed twenty or thiry years age
seems to be revving. Recent intelligence rela
tive to various matters has excited at least Gun
oslty, and perhaps some stronger feelings. W,
have had accounts of the gradual extirpation o
the deie'tahle slave trade-a consummalior
which had long been rather wished for than ex
pectsd Of the exptance near the eastern coast, o
magnificent mountains, capped with eternal snow
ia the centre of the torrld zone Of the lounda
ton and rapid growth Of n semi Christian town
the now celebrated Abbeokouta--n.ar th,
Guinea coast, peoplel in part by emigrant- from
Sierra Leone aud finally of the discovery %
frcshwa,er lakes, great rlvers,anc unknown tribes
in the interior Of south Africa midway between
the oape and the equator
Southern Africa il, in its natural features, moi
unlike the roast region of Barbary Natnl though
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lately been communicating 10 'h' Ehsn govern
ment the results oi MS explorations WIN sih"'
party in south Africa; Ills statements inVolV'
some extraordinary discoveries oi ine pecu'!'t'
ties oi tins distant iasH' Nnth'ug IKE II exists
50 Tar as our knowledge extends IN any olh.
tpart "i the world An immense plateau, ele'"t
ed lar above me sea- stretches 'of hund,eds o
miles IN d'ad ie'ei' no' interrupted oy h'
smaile" mio'k' III some feSpec' te'eno'"g "u
western pra'Iles' hrousn ."'s IMMENSE p's,''
many "ide anu u,eP ,he's' hoW'"e ''o'i' 'h'
north ana northwest ron large 'o'umies o' wa'e
towards lhe s"u'h ana '''e east ne 'anu 10
great distance on easn sue ., "ese a''ers y s"'u
,aleu WIN Wa'ei' ,'U',i 'A,er,ne s,n sI s~"I "
oo tonsn "y' 1h hnn S v rrda On 'pub hoh O1t ,t
voud Nv. L,,pl ,ho;r So. ,i.,, 'h";, aron,
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hsyp'i ,a2' ''", a,,aar Eto ;si-"J' W
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conmecied Win the present condition II thns,
,r'be, i. tba, the slave trade found lis way t,
their country in the wear 1850, few moths be
fare the EnGli.h. travellers came among them
/ This trade commenced at the same tine from