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Decl. Poland 8. 463. Niemirow, a town of Galicia, northwest of Lemberg. Niger. P. L. 11. 402. A river of western Africa, emptying into the Gulf of Guinea, The general direction of its course is at first east and then south. In the time of Milton, and for a hundred and fifty years after, was little known, and was confused with the Senegal. Merit cat or (p. 622) represents the Niger as rising in central Africa Leo African us writes as and flowing westward into the Atlantic. “The fourth part of Africa is called the land of Negros. The north part thereof is inclosed with the desert of Libya, and the south part, which is unknowen unto us, with the Ocean sea. This land of Negros hath a mightie river, which taking his name follows:... of the region is aalled Niger: this river taketh his origin all from the east out of a certaine desert called by the foresaide Negros Sen. Others will have this river to spring out of a certaine lake, and so to run westward till it exonerateth itselfe into the Ocean Our Cosmographers afifirme that the said river of Niger is sea. derived out of Nilus, which they imagine for some certaine spac to be swallowed up of the earth, and yet at last to burst foorth is before mentioned. Some others are. of opinion that this river beginneth westward to spring out of a into such a lake as and so running east, to make at length a huge lake: which verily is not like to be true; for they usually saile westward from Tombuto to the king do me of Guinea, yea and to the land of Melli also; both which in respect of Tombuto are situate to the west: neither hath the said land of Negros any king domes comparable, for beautiful and pleasant so’le, unto those which adjone unto the banks of Niger.” (P. 124.) certaine mount aine, 222