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BOOKS just publish'd.

TRAVELS into the Inland Parts of Africa; containing a Description of the several Nations for the space of six hundred Miles up the River Gambia; their Trade, Habits, Customs, Language, Manners, Religion and Government; the Power, Disposition and Characters of some Negro Princes; the Country and History of Job Ben Solomon, a Pholey, who in the Year 1733 was in England, and known by the Name of the African. To which is added, Captain Stibb's Voyage up the Gambia in the Year 1723, to make Discoveries; with an Accurate Map of that River taken on the Spot, and the Soundings for 500 Miles: And many other Copper Plates curiously engraved. Also Extracts from the Nubian's Geography, Leo the African, and other Authors ancient and modern, concerning the Niger, Nile, or Gambia, and Observations thereon. By Francis Moore, Factor several Years to the Royal African Company of England. Printed by Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate, London, for the Author, and sold <L8> by E. Comyns, at the Royal-Exchange; and the Booksellers in Town and Country, 1739.

Where may be had,

1. Memoirs of a Man of Quality: Written originally in the French Tongue by himself, after his Retirement from the World.

2. The History and Antiquities of Kings Lynn in the county of Norfolk, (With a View of the Town, and several other Copper Plates serving to illustrate the History, neatly engraved) wherein is contained, whatever is or hath been curious or remarkable in this Town. With a Chronological Account of the Memorable Occurrences for 500 Years past to this present Time. By B. Mackrell, Gent.

3. An Examination of Mr. Pope's Essay on Man. Translated from the French of M. Crousaz, Member of the Royal Academies of Sciences at Paris and Bordeaux, &c.

4. The Satyrs of Persius, with the Original Latin annexed. Illustrated with Annotations for the Use of Schools.

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