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Chapter 6
Analytic Trigonometry
Section 6.1 cosine equals 1.
cos 1, 0
1. Domain: x x is any real number ; 0
Range: y 1 y 1 cos 1 1 0
17. sin 1 1
2. x | x 1 or x | x 1
We are finding the angle , ,
3. 3, 2 2
whose sine equals 1 .
4. True
sin 1,
2 2
3
5. 1;
2 2
1 sin 1 1
6. ; 1 2
2
11. True
19. tan 1 0
12. True
We are finding the angle , , whose
13. d 2 2
tangent equals 0.
14. a
tan 0,
2 2
15. sin 1 0
0
We are finding the angle , , whose 1
tan 0 0
2 2
sine equals 0.
20. tan 1 1
sin 0,
2 2 We are finding the angle , , whose
0 2 2
tangent equals 1 .
sin 1 0 0
tan 1,
16. cos 1 1 2 2
We are finding the angle , 0 , whose
4
tan 1 (1)
4
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2 3
21. sin 1 24. sin 1
2 2
We are finding the angle , , whose We are finding the angle , , whose
2 2 2 2
2 3
sine equals . sine equals .
2 2
2 3
sin , sin ,
2 2 2 2 2 2
4 3
2
sin 1 sin 1
3
2 4 2 3
3
22. tan 1 3
3 25. cos 1
2
We are finding the angle , , whose
2 2 We are finding the angle , 0 , whose
3 3
tangent equals . cosine equals .
3 2
3 3
tan , cos , 0
3 2 2 2
5
6 6
3 3 5
tan 1 cos 1
3 6 2 6
23. tan 1 3 2
26. sin 1
We are finding the angle , , whose 2
2 2
tangent equals 3 . We are finding the angle , , whose
2 2
tan 3, 2
2 2 sine equals .
2
2
3 sin ,
1 2 2 2
tan 3
3
4
2
sin 1
2 4
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equation f 1 f x tan 1 tan x x . Since
29. tan 5 1.37 3
is in the interval , , we can apply
8 2 2
30. tan 1 0.2 0.20
the equation directly and get
7 3 3
31. cos 1 0.51 tan 1 tan .
8 8 8
1
32. sin 1 0.13 3
8
42. sin 1 sin follows the form of the
33. tan 1 ( 0.4) 0.38 7
1
equation f 1 f x sin 1 sin x x . Since
34. tan ( 3) 1.25 3
is in the interval , , we can apply
7 2 2
35. sin 1 ( 0.12) 0.12
the equation directly and get
3 3
36. cos 1 ( 0.44) 2.03 sin 1 sin .
7 7
2
37. cos 1 1.08
3 9
43. sin 1 sin follows the form of the
3 8
38. sin 1 0.35
5
equation f 1 f x sin 1 sin x x , but we
4 9
39. cos 1 cos follows the form of the equation cannot use the formula directly since is not
5 8
4
f 1 f x cos 1 cos x x . Since
5
is
in the interval , . We need to find an
2 2
in the interval 0, , we can apply the equation
angle in the interval , for which
4 4 2 2
directly and get cos 1 cos .
5 5 9 9
sin sin . The angle is in quadrant III
8 8
9
40. sin 1 sin follows the form of the so sine is negative. The reference angle of is
10 8
equation f 1 f x sin 1 sin x x . Since
8
and we want to be in quadrant IV so sine
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11 7
44. sin 1 sin follows the form of the 46. cos 1 cos follows the form of the
4 6
equation f 1 f x sin 1 sin x x , but we
equation f 1 f x cos 1 cos x x , but
11 7
cannot use the formula directly since is not we cannot use the formula directly since is
4 6
not in the interval 0, . We need to find an
in the interval , . We need to find an
2 2 angle in the interval 0, for which
angle in the interval , for which 7 7
2 2 cos cos . The angle is in quadrant
6 6
11 11
sin sin . The angle is in quadrant II III so the we need an angle in the desired interval
4 4 7
11 whose cosine is equal to the cosine of .
so sine is positive. The reference angle of is 6
4
7 5 5
3 Thus, we have cos cos . Since is
and we need to be in quadrant I so sine 6 6 6
4
will still be positive. Thus, we have in the interval 0, , we can apply the equation
3 above and get
sin sin . Since is in the interval
4 4 4 7 5 5
cos 1 cos cos 1 cos .
6 6 6
2 , 2 , we can apply the equation above and
11 4
get sin 1 sin sin 1 sin . 47. tan 1 tan follows the form of the
5
4 4 4
equation f 1 f x tan 1 tan x x , but
5
45. cos 1 cos follows the form of the 4
3 we cannot use the formula directly since is
5
equation f 1 f x cos 1 cos x x , but
not in the interval , . We need to find an
5 2 2
we cannot use the formula directly since is
3
angle in the interval , for which
not in the interval 0, . We need to find an 2 2
angle in the interval 0, for which 4 4
tan tan . The angle is in quadrant
5 5
5 5
cos cos . The angle is in II so tangent is negative. The reference angle of
3 3 4
is and we want to be in quadrant IV
5 5 5
quadrant I so the reference angle of is .
3 3 so tangent will still be negative. Thus, we have
5 4
Thus, we have cos cos . Since is tan tan . Since is in the
3 3 3 5 5 5
in the interval 0, , we can apply the equation
interval , , we can apply the equation
above and get 2 2
5 1
cos 1 cos cos cos .
3 3 3
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2
49. tan 1 tan follows the form of the
3 51. cos 1 cos follows the form of the
4
equation f 1 f x tan 1 tan x x . but we
equation f 1 f x cos 1 cos x x , but
2
cannot use the formula directly since is not
3 we cannot use the formula directly since is
4
in the interval , . We need to find an angle not in the interval 0, . We need to find an
2 2
angle in the interval 0, for which
in the interval , for which
2 2
cos cos . The angle is in
2 2 4 4
tan tan . The angle is in
3 3 quadrant IV so the reference angle of is .
quadrant III so tangent is positive. The reference 4 4
2
angle of is and we want to be in Thus, we have cos cos . Since is
3 3 4 4 4
quadrant I so tangent will still be positive. Thus,
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3
is
and we want to be in quadrant IV
f f 1 x sin sin 1 x x . Since
1
4
is in
4 4 the interval 1,1 , we can apply the equation
so sine will still be negative. Thus, we have
3 1 1
sin sin . Since is in the directly and get sin sin 1 .
4 4 4 4 4
interval , , we can apply the equation 2
2 2 56. cos cos 1 follows the form of the
above and get 3
3
sin 1 sin sin 1 sin .
equation f f 1 x cos cos 1 x x .
4 4 4
2
Since is in the interval 1,1 , we can
3
apply the equation directly and get
53. tan 1 tan follows the form of the
2 2 2
cos cos 1 .
equation f 1 f x tan 1 tan x x . We 3 3
need to find an angle in the interval ,
2 2
57. tan tan 1 4 follows the form of the equation
for which tan tan . In this case,
2
f f 1 x tan tan 1 x x . Since 4 is a
real number, we can apply the equation directly
tan is undefined so tan 1 tan would
2 2
and get tan tan 1 4 4 .
also be undefined.
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58. tan tan 1 2 follows the form of the equation 1
x2
5
1
f f 1 x tan tan 1 x x . Since 2 is a 5 x 2 5
real number, we can apply the equation directly 3 x 7
The domain of f 1 x is x | 3 x 7 , or
and get tan tan 1 2 2 .
3, 7 in interval notation. Recall that the
59. Since there is no angle such that cos 1.2 ,
domain of a function equals the range of its
the quantity cos 1 1.2 is not defined. Thus, inverse and the range of a function equals the
cos cos 1 1.2 is not defined. domain of its inverse. Thus, the range of f is
also 3, 7 .
60. Since there is no angle such that sin 2 ,
64. f x 2 tan x 3
the quantity sin 1 2 is not defined. Thus,
y 2 tan x 3
sin sin 1 2 is not defined. x 2 tan y 3
2 tan y x 3
61. tan tan 1 follows the form of the equation
tan y
x3
f f 1 x tan tan 1 x x . Since is a 2
x3
real number, we can apply the equation directly y tan 1 f 1 x
2
and get tan tan 1 . The domain of f x equals the range of f 1 ( x)
3,3 .
0, 2 in interval notation. Recall that the
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x
1 3
The solution set is .
4
2
1
The solution set is .
4 79. Note that 2945 29.75 .
cos 1 tan 23.5 180
tan 29.75 180
74. 6sin 1 3x a. D 24 1
sin 1 3x 13.92 hours or 13 hours, 55 minutes
6
cos 1 tan 0 180
tan 29.75 180
3 x sin b. D 24 1
6
1 12 hours
3x
2
cos 1 tan 22.8 180
tan 29.75 180
1 c. D 24 1
x
6
1 13.85 hours or 13 hours, 51 minutes
The solution set is .
6
80. Note that 4045 40.75 .
75. 3 tan x
1 cos 1 tan 23.5 180
tan 40.75 180
a. D 24 1
tan 1 x
3 14.93 hours or 14 hours, 56 minutes
x tan 3 cos 1 tan 0 180
tan 40.75 180
3 b. D 24 1
The solution set is 3 .
12 hours
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Therefore, a person atop Cadillac Mountain will The maximum viewing angle will occur
see the first rays of sunlight about 3.35 minutes when x 14.3 feet.
sooner than a person standing below at sea level.
87. a. a 0 ; b 3 ; The area is:
34 6
86. x tan tan 1 .
1
tan 1 b tan 1 a tan 1 3 tan 1 0
x x
34 6 0
a. 10 tan 1 tan 1 42.6 3
10 10
If you sit 10 feet from the screen, then the square units
3
viewing angle is about 42.6 .
34 6 3
15 tan 1 tan 1 44.4 b. a ; b 1 ; The area is:
15 15 3
If you sit 15 feet from the screen, then the 3
viewing angle is about 44.4 . tan 1 b tan 1 a tan 1 1 tan 1
3
34 6
20 tan 1 tan 1 42.8
20
20
4 6
If you sit 20 feet from the screen, then the
viewing angle is about 42.8 . 5
square units
12
b. Let r = the row that result in the largest
viewing angle. Looking ahead to part (c),
3
we see that the maximum viewing angle 88. a. a 0; b ; The area is:
occurs when the distance from the screen is 2
about 14.3 feet. Thus, 3
sin 1 b sin 1 a sin 1 1
sin 0
5 3(r 1) 14.3 2
5 3r 3 14.3
3r 12.3 0
3
r 4.1
Sitting in the 4th row should provide the square units
3
largest viewing angle.
1 1
c. Set the graphing calculator in degree mode b. a ; b ; The area is:
2 2
34 6
and let Y1 tan 1 tan 1 : 1 1
x x sin 1 b sin 1 a sin 1 sin 1
2 2
90
6 6
square units
3
89. Here we have 1 4150 ' , 1 8737 ' ,
0
2 2118' , and 2 15750 ' .
Use MAXIMUM:
Converting minutes to degrees gives
90
1 41 56 , 1 87 37
60
, 2 21.3 , and
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103 x 7 2. True
log103 x log 7
3x log10 log 7 1 5
3.
5 5
3 x log 7
log 7 4. x sec y , 1 , 0 ,
x
3
log 7 5. cosine
The solution is:
3 6. False
92. The function f is one-to-one because every 7. True
horizontal line intersects the graph at exactly one
point. 8. True
2
9. cos sin 1
2
Find the angle , , whose sine
2 2
2
equals .
2
2
sin ,
2 2 2
93. f ( x) 1 2 x 4
2 2
y 1 2x cos sin 1 cos
2 4 2
x 1 2y
x 1 2y
1
10. sin cos 1
log 2 ( x 1) log 2 2 y 2
log 2 ( x 1) y log 2 2 Find the angle , 0 , whose cosine
log 2 ( x 1) y
f 1 ( x) log 2 ( x 1)
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Section 6.2: The Inverse Trigonometric Functions (Continued)
1 1
equals . equals .
2 2
1 1
cos , 0 cos , 0
2 2
3 3
1 3 1
sin cos 1 sin sec cos 1 sec 2
2 3 2 2 3
3 1
11. tan cos 1 14. cot sin 1
2
2
Find the angle , 0 , whose cosine
Find the angle , , whose sine
2 2
3 1
equals . equals .
2 2
3 1
cos , 0 sin ,
2 2 2 2
5
6 6
3 5 3 1
tan cos 1 tan cot sin 1 cot 3
2 6 3 2 6
1
12. tan sin 1
15. csc tan 1 1
2
Find the angle , , whose tangent
2 2
Find the angle , , whose sine equals 1.
2 2
1
equals . tan 1,
2 2 2
1
sin , 4
2 2 2
csc tan 1 1 csc
4
2
6
1
tan sin 1 tan
2 6 3
3
16. sec tan 1 3
Find the angle , , whose tangent
1 2 2
13. sec cos 1
2 equals 3.
Find the angle , 0 , whose cosine
tan 3,
2 2
3
sec tan 1 3 sec 3
2
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7 3 1
23. sin 1 cos sin 1 26. tan cos 1
6 3
2
1 1
Find the angle , , whose sine Let cos 1 . Since cos and 0 ,
2 2 3 3
is in quadrant I, and we let x 1 and r 3 .
3
equals . Solve for y:
2
1 y2 9
3
sin , y2 8
2 2 2
y 8 2 2
3 Since is in quadrant I, y 2 2 .
7 1 y 2 2
sin 1 cos tan cos 1 tan 2 2
6 3 3 x 1
1
24. cos 1 tan cos 1 1 27. sec tan 1
3 2
Find the angle , 0 , whose cosine 1 1
Let tan 1 . Since tan and
equals 1 . 2 2
cos 1, 0
, is in quadrant I, and we let
2 2
3 x 2 and y 1 .
Solve for r:
cos 1 tan
3 22 1 r 2
r2 5
1
r 5
25. tan sin 1
3 is in quadrant I.
1 1
Let sin 1 . Since sin and 1 r 5
3 3 sec tan 1 sec
2 x 2
, is in quadrant I, and we let
2 2 2
y 1 and r 3 . 28. cos sin 1
3
Solve for x:
x2 1 9 2 2
Let sin 1 . Since sin and
3 3
x2 8
x 8 2 2 , is in quadrant I, and we let
2 2
Since is in quadrant I, x 2 2 . y 2 and r 3 .
1 y 1 2 2 Solve for x:
tan sin 1 tan
3 x 2 2 2 4 x2 2 9
x2 7
x 7
Since is in quadrant I, x 7 .
2 x 7
cos sin 1 cos
3 r 3
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2 3
29. cot sin 1 32. cot cos 1
3 3
2 2 3 3
Let sin 1 . Since sin and Let cos 1 . Since cos and
3 3 3 3
0 , is in quadrant II, and we let
, is in quadrant IV, and we let
2 2 x 3 and r 3 .
y 2 and r 3 . Solve for y:
Solve for x: 3 y2 9
x2 2 9 y2 6
x2 7 y 6
x 7 Since is in quadrant II, y 6 .
Since is in quadrant IV, x 7 . 3 x
cot cos 1 cot
2 x 7 2 14 3 y
cot sin 1 cot
3 y 2 2 2
3 1 2 2
30. csc tan ( 2)
1
6 2 2 2
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3 2
35. sin 1 cos sin 1 2 3
41. sec 1
4 2 4 3
7 1 2 We are finding the angle , 0 , ,
36. cos sin cos 1
1
2
6 2 3
2 3
whose secant equals .
37. cot 1
3 3
We are finding the angle , 0 , whose 2 3
sec , 0 ,
cotangent equals 3. 3 2
cot 3, 0
6
2 3
6 sec 1
3 6
cot 1 3
6
42. sec 1 2
38. cot 1 1
We are finding the angle , 0 , ,
We are finding the angle , 0 , whose 2
cotangent equals 1. whose secant equals 2 .
cot 1, 0
sec 2, 0 ,
2
2
4
3
cot 1 1 2
4 sec 1 2
3
39. csc 1 (1)
3
43. cot 1
We are finding the angle , ,
2 2 3
0 , whose cosecant equals 1 . We are finding the angle , 0 , whose
csc 1, , 0 cotangent equals
3
.
2 2 3
3
2 cot , 0
3
csc 1 (1) 2
2
3
40. csc 1 2 3 2
cot 1 3
3
We are finding the angle , ,
2 2
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2 3 1
44. csc 1 quadrant I. The calculator yields an 1 0.46 ,
3 2
which is an angle in quadrant I, so
We are finding the angle , , cot 1 2 0.46 .
2 2
2 3
0 , whose cosecant equals .
3
2 3
csc , , 0
3 2 2
1
48. sec 1 (3) cos 1
3 3
2 3 We seek the angle , 0 , whose cosine
csc 1 1 1
3 3 equals . Now cos , lies in
3 3
1 quadrant II. The calculator yields
45. sec 1 4 cos 1 1
4 cos 1 1.91 , which is an angle in
We seek the angle , 0 , whose cosine 3
1 1 quadrant II, so sec1 3 1.91 .
equals . Now cos , so lies in quadrant
4 4
1
I. The calculator yields cos 1 1.32 , which is
4
an angle in quadrant I, so sec1 4 1.32 .
1
49. csc 1 3 sin 1
3
We seek the angle , , whose sine
2 2
1 1 1
46. csc1 5 sin 1 equals . Now sin , so lies in
5 3 3
quadrant IV. The calculator yields
We seek the angle , , whose sine 1
2 2 sin 1 0.34 , which is an angle in
1 1 3
equals . Now sin , so lies in
5 5 quadrant IV, so csc1 3 0.34 .
1
quadrant I. The calculator yields sin 1 0.20 ,
5
which is an angle in quadrant I, so
csc1 5 0.20 .
1
50. cot 1 tan 1 ( 2)
2
We seek the angle , 0 , whose tangent
equals 2 . Now tan 2 , so lies in
1 quadrant II. The calculator yields
47. cot 1 2 tan 1
2 tan 1 2 1.11 , which is an angle in
We seek the angle , 0 , whose tangent
quadrant IV. Since lies in quadrant II,
1 1 1.11 2.03 . Therefore,
equals . Now tan , so lies in
2 2
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1 2
cot 1 2.03 . sin 1 0.73 , which is an angle in
2 3
3
quadrant IV, so csc1 0.73 .
2
1
51. cot 1 5 tan 1
5
We seek the angle , 0 , whose tangent 4 3
54. sec 1 cos 1
1 1 3 4
equals . Now tan , so lies in
5 5
We are finding the angle , 0 , ,
quadrant II. The calculator yields 2
1 3 3
tan 1 0.42 , which is an angle in whose cosine equals . Now cos , so
5 4 4
quadrant IV. Since is in quadrant II, lies in quadrant II. The calculator yields
0.42 2.72 . Therefore, 3
cos 1 2.42 , which is an angle in
cot 1 5 2.72 . 4
4
quadrant II, so sec 1 2.42 .
3
1
52. cot 1 8.1 tan 1
8.1
3 2
We seek the angle , 0 , whose tangent 55. cot 1 tan 1
2 3
1 1 We are finding the angle , 0 , whose
equals . Now tan , so lies in
8.1 8.1
2 2
quadrant II. The calculator yields tangent equals . Now tan , so
3 3
1
tan 1 0.12 , which is an angle in lies in quadrant II. The calculator yields
8.1
2
quadrant IV. Since is in quadrant II, tan 1 0.59 , which is an angle in
3
0.12 3.02 . Thus, cot 1 8.1 3.02 . quadrant IV. Since is in quadrant II,
3
0.59 2.55 . Thus, cot 1 2.55 .
2
3 2
53. csc 1 sin 1
2 3
We seek the angle , , 0,
2 2
2 2
whose sine equals . Now sin , so
3 3
lies in quadrant IV. The calculator yields
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This must not, however, lead any one to be careless about
wounds from poisoned arrows: some are always mortal. The stuff
with which they are smeared consists of wax and kuna, or extract of
a common gum, forming a very strong poison which, however,
quickly loses its efficacy. The best thing to do when struck by such
an arrow is to burn the wound immediately, or to inject chloride of
gold all round it under the skin. A simpler treatment still is just to fill
the wound with gunpowder and set fire to it; but this is rather too
Spartan a remedy for everybody.
Our market was the chief excitement of the morning, for in it we
could study typical natives, and note the special peculiarities of each.
The population of Say and the surrounding districts is very mixed,
including Songhays, Fulahs, Haussas, Djermankobes, Macimankes,
Mossi, Gurunsi, Kurteyes, etc., each with cicatrized wounds of a
different kind on their faces, as is the case with so many African
tribes.
The market, too, is the best place for getting reliable news, and
besides, the very attitude of the different traders towards each other
is a revelation of the state of feeling in the country. If a great many
assembled it was a sign that all was going on well for us, that the
report of the French Expedition was spreading, and that Amadu
Saturu was likely to come to his senses about us. If the attendance
at the market fell off, however, it was a sign that hostile columns
were being called together, why we could not tell, but probably to
attack us; or again some new check was to be put upon our buying
or selling. Once indeed Amadu made a feeble effort to reduce us by
famine, and our supply of sheep was stopped for a time. But a threat
made to Osman on purpose that he should repeat it, that we would
go and fetch the sheep from Say for ourselves, was immediately
successful, for the next day the best and cheapest animals we had
yet procured were brought to us. We never ate better mutton before
or since.
TYPICAL NATIVES AT THE FORT ARCHINARD MARKET.
Whilst the market was going on, Taburet used to prescribe for
many natives who came to consult him. But carelessness and
ignorance work terrible havoc among the negroes everywhere.
There would be plenty for a doctor to do who cared to study
diseases now become rare in civilized countries. From amongst the
patients who came to Taburet, a grand or rather terrible list of
miraculous cures might have been drawn up. These patients
included men and women suffering from tubercular and syphilitic
diseases, which had been allowed to run their dread course
unchecked by any remedies whatever; many too were blind or
afflicted with goitre and elephantiasis, whilst there were numerous
lepers. Few, however, were troubled with nervous complaints. It was
indeed difficult to prescribe for such cases as came before the good
doctor; indeed it would often have been quite impossible for his
instructions to be carried out. Many poor cripples came from a long
distance to consult the white doctor, expecting to be made whole
immediately, when they were really incurable. Where, however,
would have been the good of prescribing cleanliness, when one of
their most used remedies is to smear any wound with mud and cow-
dung mixed together, the eyes of ophthalmic patients even being
treated with the horrible stuff? Where would be the good of ordering
them nourishing food such as gravy beef, when they are too poor to
get it? Good wine? Even if we could have supplied them with it, they
would have flung it away with horror, for they are Mussulmans.
Quinine then? Its bitterness would have made them suspect poison.
They all came expecting miracles, and all that could be done for
them was to paint their sore places with iodine, and to give them
various lotions and antiseptic dressings, or a solution of iodide of
potassium, and so on, from the use of which they would, most of
them, obtain no benefit at all.
Taburet was consulted about all sorts of things. For instance, a
pretty Fulah woman from Saga with a pale complexion and engaging
manners had got into trouble. She had overstepped the bounds of
reserve prescribed in her tribe to young girls, and was soon to
become a mother. Well, she came timidly to the doctor to ask for
medicines for her case, and when it was explained to her that that
case was incurable, for the French law forbids the destruction of life,
she went away, only to return the next day with her mother. The latter
explained that if she and her daughter returned to their village as
things were, they would both be stoned to death, or at least, if their
judges were merciful, be put in irons for the rest of their lives. The
young girl was pretty, many men in her village had asked her in
marriage, but she had refused them all. All her people were now
eager to revenge themselves on her, and to apply in all their terrible
rigour, the “just Mussulman laws.” She had neither father, brother,
nor any one to defend her. Her seducer had deserted her, and it is
not customary amongst the Fulahs to make inquiries as to the father
of illegitimate children.
The people of Say had recommended the mother in mockery to
take her girl to the Christians, she was good for nothing else now,
they said. If we could not cure her, there was nothing left for them to
do but to hide themselves in the fetich-worshipping village of Gurma,
where they would lead a miserable life, unnoticed and unknown.
The two poor women with tears in their eyes knelt to the doctor
imploring his help, and crying Safarikoy! Safarikoy! and I asked
myself, what would be the duty of a doctor in this bigoted land if he
had had the necessary instruments for meeting the unfortunate girl’s
wishes. Perhaps it was as well that in this case nothing could be
done.
All the same this domestic drama was very heart-rending. I tried
for a long time to console our visitors. The old woman stuck to her
request for medicine, and promised to reward us with everything she
could think of likely to please us. She even offered us her daughter,
saying that she might remain with us, and could follow us wherever
we went.
I told Digui to get rid of them as gently as possible, and gave them
a good present to enable them to reach some heathen village where
the people would have pity on them. They departed at last, the
mother’s tears soaking her tattered garments, the daughter following
her, her little feet swollen with walking, and her head drooping in her
despair.
À propos of this episode, Suleyman the interpreter held forth in
the following strain—“From the earliest times prophets, marabouts,
and the negro chiefs who founded the religious dynasty of the
country, have been terribly severe on any lapse from morality
amongst their women, but it is all humbug, for most of the marabouts
are the fathers of illegitimate children.
“Amongst Amadu’s people the man and woman who have sinned
are deprived of all their property, but Abdul Bubakar goes still further,
for he sacks the entire village to which a frail woman belongs, a
capital way of getting slaves and everything else. In other districts
the woman is put in irons, but the man goes free; but if the seducer
comes forward and owns his crime, he can obtain remission of the
punishment by payment of a large sum to the chief of the village;
generally, however, the unfortunate girl dies in her chains.
“Such are the manners and customs of the Mussulmans, and God
alone knows what their women are really like.
“Samory used to kill both the guilty parties, but Tieba, his enemy
and neighbour, professed an amiable kind of philosophy on the
subject of the weaker sex and the ways of women. When Samory
was conquered by Tieba, the chief auxiliaries of the latter were the
nomad Diulas who were strangers in the land. These Diulas had
come to the district by way of Sikasso, where they had met with
women of free and easy manners, and had been driven by the force
of circumstances to remain amongst them, adopting their ways. Now
it generally happens amongst the negroes, that those who have
travelled much and seen something of the world are not only brave
but sensible and free from bigotry.
WOMEN OF SAY.
FORT ARCHINARD.
I cannot too often insist on the fact that it was, thanks to the daily
dose of quinine regularly administered by order to every member of
the expedition, that we owe our safe return in good health, and with
appetites unimpaired.
We owe to it, too, the fact that in spite of many fevers in past
days, we actually had gained, on our return to Paris, not only in
weight, but in our power of enjoying a joke.
Last January, after my return to France, I had been giving an
account at a public meeting of the results of my expedition, and my
companions and I were going down the staircase of the Sorbonne,
attended by a considerable crowd, when two gentlemen, radiant with
health, evidently from the French colonies, and geographers, else
why were they there? exchanged their impressions as they passed
us. “Pooh,” said one of them, shrugging his shoulders, “they have
not even got dirty heads!”
After lunch we all went to take a little siesta, or at least to rest
during the great heat of the day. The siesta, though so much in use
in the tropics, is really a very bad habit, and many ailments of the
stomach are caused by it. It is really better only to indulge in a
noonday nap after exceptional fatigue; but of course it is a very
different matter just to avoid active exercise immediately after a
meal, and to read quietly without going to sleep. To wind up all this
advice to future travellers in the Sudan, let me just add this one more
word, “Do as I say rather than as I did.”
Many of the coolies did not go to sleep in the resting hour, but
chatted together about the news of the day, or gave each other a
little elementary instruction, for negroes, even when grown up, are
very fond of teaching and of being taught. Their ambition, however,
is generally limited to learning to write a letter to their friends or
family. They take great delight in corresponding with the absent, and
I have known young fellows in the Sudan who spend nearly all their
salaries in sending telegraphic despatches to their friends. I knew
others, amongst whom was Baudry’s servant, who gave up most of
their free time at Say to writing letters which never reached their
destination, for a very good reason. They were all much in the style
of the one quoted below—
“Dear Mr. Fili Kanté,—I write to inform you that the Niger
Hydrographical Expedition has arrived at Fort Archinard, and that,
thanks to God, all are well. When you write to me, send me news of
my father and mother, and my friends at Diamu (the writer’s native
village). I shall be very pleased, too, if you will send the twelve
samba (sembé) (coverlets), four horses, ten sheep, etc.
“With my best greetings, dear Mr. Fili Kanté.
“(Signed) Mussa Diakhite
(in the service of Mr. Baudry.)”
Might you not fancy this letter, with all its decorative strokes, to be
one from the soldier Dumanet to his parents? Nothing is wanted to
complete the resemblance, not even the attempt to fleece his
correspondent.
Besides these lovers of correspondence, there were others who
were mad about arithmetic. Samba Demba, Suzanne’s groom,
already often mentioned, wanted to know enough arithmetic to
matriculate. All through the hour of the siesta, and often also when
he was at work, he was muttering the most absurd numbers over to
himself; absurd for him, at least, for the negroes who do not live
where the cowry serves as currency, cannot conceive the idea of any
number beyond a thousand. Samba Demba would read what he
called his “matricula” of nine figures and more, to Father Hacquart,
with the greatest complacency, whilst Ahmady-Mody, who had
patched up the Aube, strove in vain to learn b-a ba, b-e be, or twice
two are four, twice three are six, with his head bent over a big card.
The marabout Tierno Abdulaye actually composed and sung Arabic
verses. In the midst of it all the voice of Dr. Taburet would be heard
from his tent hard by complaining that he could not sleep.
All these good fellows, with their eagerness to learn, had a child-
like side to their characters. There is no doubt that they would very
quickly learn to read, write, and cipher, as the advertisements of
elementary schools express it—read without understanding too
much, write without knowing what, and calculate without ever being
able to apply their arithmetic. Anyhow, however, even this little
knowledge will wean them from the pernicious influence of the
marabouts.
After sunset the heat
became more bearable,
and the time for our
evening bath arrived. At
the northern extremity of
our island were a number
of pools amongst the
rocks, varying in depth
according to the tide. Here
and there were regular
cascades, and we could
stand on the sand bottom
and get a natural shower-
OUR COOLIES AT THEIR TOILETTE. bath. Some of us became
perfectly enamoured of
this style of bathing. Opinions differ in Africa as to the healthiness of
it, however. For my part, I know that bathing in the tepid water,
warmed as it was by the heat of the sun, was very refreshing, and of
course the cleaner we kept ourselves the better the pores of our skin
acted. It may be that stopping long in the water every day was
weakening, and some fevers may have been caused by it when it
happened to be colder than usual. There are two opinions on this as
on every subject, but where is the good of discussing them?—the
best plan is to do what you like yourself.
In the river near Fort Archinard there were lots of common fish,
which used to shoot down the cascades of an evening for the sake
of the greater freshness and coolness of the water below. These fish
would actually strike us now and then on the shoulders, making us
start by the suddenness of the unexpected blows. It was still more
unpleasant to know that other denizens of the river, the terrible
crocodiles, though further off, were still there.
Oh, what numbers of the horrible great grey creatures we used to
see floating down with the stream or lying about the banks! Some of
them had taken up their abode quite near to us, along the side of our
island, just where we used to do our fishing with the gun-cotton, but
their being close to us did not prevent either the coolies, or for the
matter of that the whites, from going into the river.
With sunset came the hour of supper or dinner, and what grand
sky effects we used to see whilst we were at that meal in these
winter quarters of ours! Our walls were flecked with every colour of
the rainbow, whilst in the east, above the sombre wooded banks,
would often rise red masses of curious-looking clouds, precursors of
the approaching tornado. Sometimes the sun had not quite set
before the lightning would begin to flash, and the thunder to roll
incessantly, sounding like the roar of artillery in battle. As we sat at
table we would discuss the situation: what would the tornado do this
time? Would our huts be able to bear up against it? Would much
water come in? “Make haste, Fili, bring us that nougat before it
rains!” said Bluzet. And were the barges securely moored? Had the
sentry got his cloak? and so on.
A WOMAN OF SAY.
Our men were in great despair. The charm which would have
brought luck to our camp was broken; but the parent birds, in spite of
the loss of their little ones, evidently determined to act as our
talisman to the end of our stay, for they continued to fly round and
round our tamarind, and to talk together of an evening, though sadly.
It was not until a few days before we left that they flew away towards
the north. Thanks to them, perhaps, we had a run of good luck to the
last.
The tornado freshened the atmosphere very considerably, and the
sudden change could only be fully realized by consulting the
thermometer. In five minutes the glass would sometimes fall from
forty-five to thirty degrees. A corresponding and sympathetic change
would take place in the state of our nerves; we could sleep a little if
only the mosquitoes would let us, but, alas! their droning never
ceased. Oh, that horrible music, which went on for ever without
mercy, causing us more anguish even than the bites, and against
which no curtain could protect.
The frogs, too, added to the droning of the mosquitoes what we
may call their peculiar Plain Songs or Gregorian chants. They were
very tame, showing no fear of us, but took up their abode here,
there, and everywhere: out in the open air, or in the huts, in our
books, under our tins, and in our water-vessels, and their ceaseless
singing in full solemn tones, echoed that of the distant choirs of their
wilder brethren chattering together amongst the grass by the river-
side. Although not composed on the spot, I cannot refrain from
quoting the following sonnet, produced by a member of our
expedition, and which forms a kind of sequel to the others I have
transcribed above—
LOVE-SONG.
In every country in the world fine weather comes after rain, and
the tornado was succeeded on the Niger by a star-light night of a
clearness and limpidity such as is never seen anywhere out of the
tropics. The soft murmur of the Niger was borne to us upon the
gentle night breeze, reminding us of the Fulah proverb—
“Ulululu ko tiaygueul, so mayo héwi, déguiet,” which may be
translated—
“Ulululu cries the brook, the big river is silent.”
A true description indeed of what really often seemed to happen
during our long imprisonment on our island, for we could hear the
gurgling of the rapid further down-stream, but the voice of the river
was hushed.
Our nights passed quietly enough, watch being always kept by
one white man, one black subordinate officer, and two coolies. From
Timbuktu to Lokodja, that is to say, from January 21 to October 21,
we five Europeans had taken the night-watch in turn. It must be
admitted that at Fort Archinard it was sometimes rather difficult to
remain awake, and to keep ourselves from yielding to our exhausting
fatigue. We had to resort to various manœuvres, such as pinching
ourselves, bathing our feet, wrists, or head, and walking rapidly up
and down. Sometimes, as one or another of us sat in Father
Hacquart’s folding-chair, looking out upon the moon-lit scene, there
was something very charming about the silence and repose, and as
we have already given several quotations of poetical effusions, I
think I must add just one more on the night-watch, also composed by
one of our party.
NIGHT-WATCH.
Our one safe road, the river, was blocked above and below the
camp, for we had a rapid up-stream and a rapid down-stream, so
that even quite small canoes could not pass.
There has been much talk of winter in the Arctic regions, and of
course such a winter is always very severe, but the one we passed
at Say was simply miserable. I really do think that the fact of all five
of us Europeans having survived it, is a proof that we were endowed
with a great amount of energy and vitality.
The temperature had much to do with our sufferings. It increased
steadily until June, and then remained pretty stationary. The