Fisher, surgeon of the Atholl, well known to the world for his
own interesting voyages and travels; and we lose no time in communicating
the important information to the public, through the pages of the _Literary
Gazette_."
"His Majesty's Ship Atholl, at Sea, Bight of Biafra, Feb. 2, 1831."
"Dear Sir,--I take the opportunity of writing you a few lines, by a vessel
that we have just now met on her way to England. My object in writing in
this hasty manner is to acquaint you that the grand geographical problem
respecting the termination of the Niger is at length solved."
"The Landers, after having reached Youri, embarked in a canoe on the Niger,
or, as it is called there, the Quarra, and came down the stream until they
reached the sea, in the Bight of Biafra. The branch by which they came to
the coast is called the Nun, or Brasse River, being the first river to the
eastward of Cape Formosa. On their way down the river they were attacked by
the Hibboos (a fierce nation that inhabit its banks), and made prisoners,
or rather captives; but the King of Brasse happening to be in that country
buying slaves, got them released, by giving the price of six slaves for
each of them. In the scuffle that ensued at the time they were taken, one
of them lost his journal.
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