Excerpt from The Modern Traveller, Vol. 22 of 30: Description, Geographical, Historical, and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe

The city of Boussa is situated on an island formed by the Quorra, in lat. 10° 14' N., long. 6° 11' E. The course of the river here is from n.n.w. To sse. It is full of islands and rocks. Boussa Stands nearest the westernmost branch, the M enai, which is about twenty yards in breadth, and runs with a slow and sluggish current. The other two branches, which have no other name than the Quorra, ¿ow with a. Strong cur rent, with eddies and Whirlpools breaking over the rocks. The place pointed out to Captain Clapperton as the spot where Mr. Park perished, is in the eastern channel. A low, ¿at island, about a quarter of a mile in breadth, lies between the town of Boussa and the fatal Spot, which is in a. Line, from the Sultan's house, with a double-trunked tree with white bark, standing singly on the low, ¿at island. The bank was now only ten feet above the level of the stream, which here breaks over a grey slate rock extending quite across to the eastern shore this shore rises into gentle hills of grey slate, thinly scattered with trees.

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