[Note 1 : « One of the finest fellows, with the best tempered and most
prepossessing countenance that he ever beheld ». _Quaterly Review_,
1828, vol. XXXVIII, pp. 100 et suiv.]
[Note 2 : « In excellent health and spirits, and enthusiastic in the
cause of research ». _Quart. Rev._, art. cit.]
[Note 3 : « All fractures, from which much bone has come away. One cut
on my left cheek, which fractured the jawbone and has divided the ear,
forming a very unsightly wound ; one over the right temple, and a
dreadfull gash on the neck, which slightly scratched the wind-pipe ».]
[Note 4 : « When I was in a very weak state, having hardly succeeded in
overcoming the severe fever by which I had been assailed, while as yet
the corpses of my poor Jack and the sailor were hardly cold, Hamed,
unmindful of all laws of humanity came to me and said he wished to go to
Tuat with the Koffila. I told him he might go. I blame nobody for taking
care of his carcass, so, in God’s name, let him go. I have given him a
meherrie, provision, etc. So that he departs like a sultan ». _Quart.
Rev._, art. cit.]
[Note 5 : Barth, _Travels and discoveries in Central Africa_. London, 5
vol. in-8o, 1858, t. IV, p. 455.]
[Note 6 : Voir : Lucien Marc-Schrader, Tombouctou et le trafic
Transsaharien, _in_ : la _Revue de Paris_, 15 mars 1912.]
[Note 7 : « My dear Emma must excuse my writing. I have begun a hundred
letters to her, but have been unable to get through. She is ever
uppermost in my thoughts, and I look forward, with delight, to the hour
of our meeting, which, please God, is now at no great distance ».
_Quart. Rev._, art. cit.]
[Note 8 : René Caillé, _Journal d’un voyage à Tombouctou et à Jenné_,
Paris, 3 vol. in-8o, 1830, t. II, p. 348.]
[Note 9 : « In every respect... Timbuctu has completely met my
expectation ». _Quart. Rev._, art. cit.]
[Note 10 : « My destination is Segu, whither I hope to arrive in fifteen
days ; but I regret to say the road is a vile one, and my perils are not
yet at an end ». _Quart. Rev._, art. cit.]
[Note 11 : L’athilé, éthel des Algériens, est le _Balanites egyptiaca_
Delib, le taborak des Touareg, le séguéné des Soudanais (Renseignements
de M. Aug. Chevalier).]
[Note 12 : Caillé, t. II, pp. 346-348.]
Note du transcripteur :
Page IV, " aimablement à ma dispo-tion " a été remplacé par
" disposition "
Page 7, note 3, " slighly scratched the wind-pipe " a été remplacé
par " slightly "
Page 27, " ould Molktar consentit à parler " a été remplacé par
" Moktar "