Chapter 39 The Country in the Elbow of the Niger.—A Fantastic View of the Hombori Mountains.—Kabra.—Timbuctoo.—The Chart of Dr. Barth. —A Decaying City.—Whither Heaven wills. During this dull Monday, Dr. Ferguson diverted his thoughts by giving his companions a thousand details concerning the country they were crossing. The surface, which was quite flat, offered no impediment to their progress. The doctor's sole anxiety arose from the obstinate northeast wind which contin-ued to blow furiously, and bore them away from the latitude of Timbuctoo. The Niger, after running northward as far as that city, sweeps around, like an immense water-jet from