New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-09

letter 10 the ruler OF Adamawa, and tGrals.
him With captain aud thTee NE / az esc
He started on the Goth OF May, and travels
southwark for three weeks oEer broal, fertile
Klaips, and through forest, Infested with Ii ms
a nd elepban :. On entering the Kiogiou d
Ao. amawa be found the c5unty very tsi:
popn lated, the inhabitants possessing l4tge
herds OF cattle. TIE cultivation of the soil 70
carried on by slaves, who greatly outnGmb
the free i, babitants; there was DO person
poor as 70 have less than tlree or four. Dat
| 18TH of June Dr. Bsrta discovered the grea'
river Benue, at its Junction with an siilgei
| called the Faro The name signifies the
mother Of waters, and the stream Is half a
mile wide, and nne feet deep in the channel
| Dr. Bsrth conjectured that this river wss in
reality the Cba5ds, the eastern arm of tho
Niger-Sn opinion which has since been con-
| frmtd by actual exploration.
On the 22d Of June he res ched Yola, the-capital
of Adamawa, town two miles and bali in length
BY one and half in breadth. Ii is situated on
level plain, at the foot of the mountain Aantiks,
which rises to the hight of 10000 feet The sui
tan. whose name was Mohammed Loci, having
taken oftnse at some expressions in the letteT of
the Sultan of Bornou, Dr. Barth was ordered to
leave the place, after stay of three days He re-
turned by the same route, and reached Kuka on
on the 22d of July During his absence, Dr.
Oyerweg launched the boat of the expedition on
the waters Of Lake Tsad, and employed FIVE weeks
in exploring the islands and shores. He found il to
be about so miles in breadth, but very shallow, the
soundings ranging between and 10 feet The
greater portion of the Lake is occupied by a vast
labyrinth of small islands inhabited by tribe
called tie Bddumas. who treated the explorer
with the greatest kindness.
After the return Of DR.. Barth, the travellers
planned an excursion to Kanem and BOrgon-sn
UNEMPLOYED country h ing TO the north east of Lake
Tsad. ard extending midway to Egypt They OBJ
tanned the protection of an Arab tribe, and had
almost reached the capital of kanem, when the
Tibboos fell upon the Arabs and defeated them
obliqing the travellers to retreat in haste. They
returned TO Kuka, after two months absence, and
found the Sultan preparing to send an army to
subiugae Mandara, a country lying to the soath-
east of Bornou They Immediately resolved to
take part in the campaign, which lasted from the
25th of November to the LIST of February 1852
The army consisting of 20 600 men, penetrated to
the distance of two hundred miles in sOuth-eaSt
ern direction and returned with booty of 5000
slaves and 10000 head of cattle. The country
was very level and abounded with marshes.
The travellers Immediately set about planning
other explorations with an energy as admirable as
itisrare Dr..Barth left Kuka toward the end Of
Il dinieulfas an1 donUara
succeeded in reaching Maseia, the capital of Bag
hirni. powerful kingdom to the east OF BOrnou,
which had never before been visited by European
He was not able TO penetrate further TO the East
as had been his intention, but was obliged q re-
tIn 70 Kuks, where he arrived on the both of Au-
gust. DR.. Overweg attempted to penetrate the
great Fellatah kingdom of YakOba, lying on the
River Benue, but was driven away from its from
tier, and reached Kuka after an absence of two
months. His constitution, which was naturally
ill.adapted to endure the mid.African heats began
to Give way and after several attacks of weakness
ard fever. he finally met the fate of Richardson
He died on the 9th of September, 1852 in the
arms of Dr. Bartb, who buried him near the village
of Maduar, on the shores of Lake Tsad, which he
was the first European to navigate.
Meantime letters and fur DIS had arrived from
Epclsn6, and DR.. Barth, finding his own heslta
unimuaired, determined to carry on the under
taking single. handed, regardless of the poriIs
and priyations that awaited bi n. He made pre-
variations TO leave for SackatO0 and IlmbuctOO,
but first took the precsutiOn OF forwarding all
his papers 10 England. lie finally left Kuka on
the 25th of November, 1852, reached Sackatoo
in April, 1853, aud entered the famous City of
Timbuctoo on the 9TH of September. After
this nothing was heard of him for long time,
and the most serious apprehensions we're felt |
concerning him. Word at last reached Tripoli,
by way of BOrnou, that he had fallen victim |
to the enmity of the Chief of the Desert tribes
around TImbuctoo, who had sworn thar he
should never leave the city alive.
Previous to leaving Kuka, he had written to the
British Government requesting that another CO.
adutor might be sent out to supply the loss of
Dr. Overweg. Dr. Edward yoge, an assistant Of
Mr. Hind the astronomer volunteered his ser
vices which were accepted, and he was also per-
mitted 10 take two volunteers from the corps of
ssppers and miners. This new party left Tripoli
on the 25th of June, 1853, accompanied by Mr..
Warrington, son of the English Consul at that
place. They reached Mourzuk on the 9Th of Au
gust and were obliged to remain there until the
18th Of October, when they started for Buoraon
with a caravan Of 20 camels The march across
the Sahara was very rapid and fortuna e, and in
December they arrived safely at Kuka. The next
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