he
Eastern and Western Niles.[263]

The following testimonies are some confirmation of my report
respecting decked vessels, &c. in the interior of Africa.[264]

Dr. Stetzen, a German physician residing at Alexandria[265], says,
that he has received intelligence from a pilgrim, on his way to
Mecca, a native of _Ber Noh,_ or _Bernou_[266], 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._

[Footnote 263: See Monthly Magazine, March, 1817, page 125.]

[Footnote 264: See Jackson's enlarged Account of Marocco, &c.
page 309.]

[Footnote 265: For full particulars, see New Supp. to Ency.
Brit. article "Africa."]

[Footnote 266: This Bernou, or according to the Arabic
orthography, _Ber Noh_, is asserted by the Arabs to be the
birth-place of the Patriarch Noah.]

Mr. Barnes states, that the Niger discharges itself into a large
lake; that he has heard from the Black traders that there are white
450 inhabitants upon the borders of this lake; and has been told, by
people who have seen them, that they dress in the style of Barbary
Moors, and wear turbans, but do not speak Arabic. See Report of
Committee of Council.[267]

[Footnote 267: See Jackson's enlarged Account of Marocco, &c.
p, 309.]

Park, in his second journey, was informed, that "one month's travel
south of Baedo, through the kingdom of Grotto, will bring the
traveller to the country of the Christians, who have their houses
on the banks of the _Ba Seafeena_[268], which they describe as
incomparably larger than the lake Dehebby (Dibbie)."--This is
another corroboration of the accuracy of my account of the interior
of Africa; but before I dismiss this subject, I should observe,
that from the general ignorance of the African Arabic, an important
circumstance respecting this _Ba Seafeena_, is not yet (it appears)
discovered. It is this:--the words _Ba Seafeena_, or, according to
the correct Arabic orthography, _Bahar Sefeena_, literally
translated into English, signifies the Sea of Ships, and is
evidently only another name for the Sea of Sudan, declaring it to
be a sea wherein ships are found!

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