The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-09
TWO FRESCHMEN HONORED.
Binger and Foureau Receive the Gold Med
ais Of the Royal Gengraphical Society.

BinRer and Foureau Receive the Gold Med-
ais Of the Royal Geographical Society.
The Royal Geographical Society OF London
has lust given the Founders Modal to Capt.
BinRer for the explorations he made within
the great bend OF the Niger River. and the
Patrons Medal to Sir. Foureau for his con-
tinuous explorations in tho Sahara during the
last twelve years. These are the highest
honors that the Royal Geographical Society
confers.
Few explorations have had greater results
than those OF BinRsr In 1878. whom he was
the first white man 10 cross the western Sou
dan from French Senegambn to the coast OF
the Gulf Of Guinea. His work resulted In Ak
tending ths French possessions many thou
sands Of square niles from the forts on the
middle Niger to the Gulf OF Guinea. While he
was achieving this political! result he was ALEC
making tho interesting discoveries that tho
Paris Geographical Society recognized in 1880
whom II presented It's gold m eda TO the gallant
young man who had pioneered the way
through an utterly unknown region without
carrying an arsenal. He had in his party only
one rifle. fowling piece and two revolvsrs.
He made his way through a hotbed Of Moham-
medan fanaticism by unfaling tact and good
lature and the lavish distribution OF handsome
.Drssents. Of which the French Government had
it was on this Journey that Blnser wiped tho
Kong Mountains off the maps. They had been
so9ntry 10. 2t0 niie. paraIisi with the Gull Of
Guinea. MunGo Park, cailhe and Bowdiich
istsnce. None Of them had seen The noun
tAus. but had heard Of them through the ma
tiysI, and the maps always showed Them very
;, Long before BIpRsr arrived at the city Of
Kong he wa. convinced that the Kong Noun
renresented as the water parting 6stSsea
ger PASSED from tho Niger basin into that &
waters towing sonthTaro without finding any
! up TO this day. At first the cartoGrn pliers
could hardly believe that they had been ner-
petrating n geographical dsusion for SO many
Years. Ths:only. eopcession they would make
to Fingers work, a;:er his return home. was
"A ' interrogstioh marx %itsr the mans. me- I'm in
| year or so. however. they began to vino the
mountains out entirely on all the new editions
Ringer was the lrst to visit the city 0; KING.
which had long been travelling around on nc
Whsfe i it wa. titusted It was Great DAY far
explorer and natives ankle when he cred tho
wrote, "m1testy mounted on a ' steer. I saw
larger rroWdF OF reorie who appearel neither
EW H' n.y. Tie roofs the tres the street,
! the:c roads were full q psorie. and could
the the "Gst Of Kong had not 't' Cleared ESth Tor
me. They were armed with whirs and viRor-
oussy lash ; al who n iagEei in ny way"
! town with clay. tlat-roofed buildings. 1t ID
built in most IRREGULAR way aud the narrow.
! tortuous streets radiatS from Large spa"s
! that serves a. market square. The town has
a population OF about l5Wuo. all Mohamme-
! dams, aud there are 1--WE large mosques sur
/ mounted 10y minlrets and several others u
! smaller Dimensions.
Mr. Fouregu is IA tirelsss explorer Of the Sa-
hara, and no NOW on his tenth eXusditiua
. Rith large cGutnmEnt supplied by the French
Government. lli4 Mission is 10 oIen II posi-
: bic. 4 direct route across the desert from A.
Reria 10 the French poss-ssDps ~ Lake
. Tchah. When last heard from he was nearing
, the sou:hcrn side OF the desert His Gariior
eIpsd! i'll ons werr CHI Gtiy o. a scientific char
| Acter, and he has done more than any other
man to make known and establish the GOo0<
/ raDhy OF the desert south Of Algeria =