Niger

(ni'jur,) or QUORRA, a great river of W. Africa, rising in the Mandingo country, N. Lat. 80, W. Lon. 6°, and emptying into the Bight of Benin, after a devious course of 2,300 miles, during which it pa es through Bambarra, Timbuctoo, and the country of the Fellahs. The Tchadda is its pp. affluent. Its source, long an object of speculation and exploration, was discovered by Richard Lander, in 1830. [s. 647]