03042cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000320011324500710014526400510021630000470026733600260031433700260034033800360036650000310040250801570043352018140059053400830240465300460248765300440253370000390257785600570261685600430267376318UtSlPG20260610134751.0mcr n260607r20251857utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aDT1 aBarth, Heinrich,d1821-186510aTravels and discoveries in North and Central Africa, Vol. 3 (of 5) 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2025-06-16  aGalo Flordelis (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Getty Research Institute and Smithsonian Libraries)  a"Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa, Vol. 3 (of 5) :  being…." by Henry Barth is a travel narrative and geographical account written in the mid-19th century. Centered on the Bornu–Lake Chad region, it blends route diaries with ethnography, climate notes, and political observation as the expedition pushes from Kúkawa toward Kanem and Bagírmi. Expect close descriptions of landscapes, rivers, crops, and wildlife, alongside court ceremonies, local markets, and the tense logistics of moving with armed escorts.  The opening of the volume moves from front matter and a detailed contents list into a first‑person chronicle of the rainy season in Kúkawa, where the narrator struggles with illness, sells merchandise to fund the mission, and records rains, crops, insects, and an elaborate ʿId festival. He frames the journey within regional power shifts—Bornu’s anxieties about the Turks in Fezzán, turmoil in Sokoto, and conflict in Wadai—and explains why he must join the marauding Welád Slimán to reach Kanem and the eastern shores of Lake Chad. After receiving a strong horse from the vizier, he and his colleague Overweg set out through fields and ponds to Yó and the Komadugu, cross on frail calabash rafts, and enter insecure country where their Arab companions plunder herders and travelers. The narrative interweaves natural history and geography—salt making, natron pools, grass grains, and cotton—with vivid scenes: the fetid town of Yó, the poor village of Ngégimi, and a majestic herd of ninety‑six elephants near the lake. It closes this opening stretch with the push beyond Berí through salt-laced lagoons, a dangerous bog incident, and an encampment by fresh water on the way deeper into Kanem. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cLondon: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1857  aAfrica, Central -- Description and travel  aAfrica, North -- Description and travel1 aBernatz, Johann Martin,d1802-18784 uhttps://archive.org/details/travelsdiscoveri01bart_240uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76318