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THE rumour brought from the Cameroons as to the position of Mr. Stanley is too vague to be of much value. He is said to be behind “the Oil Rivers and the Niger,” annexing territories wholesale for the British Crown. He may possibly enough be coming out in this direction. If so, he must have been with Emin, for it is inconceivable that, if able to get so far, he would fail in the chief object of his mission. If he has been with Emin, that must have been some time ago, and surely some word of it would have oozed out. We should not be surprised to find Mr. Stanley coming out by the West Coast; it would be quite in accordance with the purpose he had of settling, if possible, the problem of the Shari and Wellé. He may have sought to discover the parting that separates the basins of Lake Chad and the Congo, and the upper waters of the Binué. If he has really been on the Binué, we should have expected some definite news from the officials of the Royal Niger Company.
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Geographical Notes . Nature 39, 138 (1888). https://doi.org/10.1038/039138b0
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