Note 10 — Chapter I
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Writing from Fernando Po, May 31st, 1860, to Sir Wm. Hooker, M. Mann says:—‘I heard that you had inquired if it were possible to ascend the mountain of Bimbia or Camaroon. You will hear shortly that it is quite impossible, and only killing men to send them up there; this, however, was also told me before I went up Clarence Peak. It is, no doubt, very difficult, but it is possible; only too much must not be expected from the first trip.’ (From the ‘Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnæan Society,’ vol. vi.)