Boussa, or BUSSA, a town of Central Africa, on an island in the Niger, in 10° 20' N. lat., is hemmed in by rocks and surrounded by walls. Pop. 10,000. Mungo Park (q.v.) perished here.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 370
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