CONTENTS

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[PART I]
THOUGHTS ON TREK
I. On what Has been and May be [3]
II. On the Great White Road [8]
III. On the Carrier [14]
IV. On African Modesty and African Courtesy [19]
V. On the meaning of “Religious” [24]
VI. A Ragoût of Things Seen and Felt [29]
VII. The Sallah at Zaria [35]
[PART II]
SOUTHERN NIGERIA
I. Nigeria’s Claim upon Public Attention [45]
II. The Niger Delta [49]
III. The Forest Belt [56]
IV. The Central and Eastern Provinces [62]
V. Lagos and its Port—the Future Bombay of West Africa [71]
VI. The Yorubas and their Country [76]
VII. British Policy in Yorubaland [82]
[PART III]
NORTHERN NIGERIA
I. The Natural Highway to the Uplands of the North [91]
II. Northern Nigeria prior to the British Occupation [98]
III. The Indigenous Civilization of the North [103]
IV. The Life of the People—The Long-distance Trader [107]
V. The Life of the People—The Agriculturist [111]
VI. The Life of the People—The Herdsman and the Artisan [118]
VII. The City of Kano and its Market [123]
VIII. A Visit to the Emir of Kano [130]
IX. Governing on Native Lines [136]
X. The Foundations of Native Society—The Tenure of Land [140]
XI. The Foundations of Native Society—The Administrative Machinery [145]
XII. The Preservation of the National Life [151]
XIII. A Page of History and its Moral [155]
XIV. A Scheme of National Education [160]
XV. Commercial Development [166]
XVI. Mining Development and the Bauchi Plateau [175]
XVII. The necessity of Amalgamating the Two Protectorates [187]
XVIII. Railway Policy and Amalgamation [194]
XIX. An Unauthorized Scheme of Amalgamation [201]
[PART IV]
ISLAM, COTTON GROWING, AND THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC
I. Christianity and Islam in Southern Nigeria [213]
II. The Cotton Industry [222]
III. The Cotton Industry—continued [232]
IV. The Liquor Traffic in Southern Nigeria [245]
Index [263]