CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| [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] | |