A
NARRATIVE
OF
TRAVELS IN NORTHERN AFRICA,
IN THE YEARS 1818, 19, AND 20;

ACCOMPANIED BY
GEOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF SOUDAN,
AND OF
THE COURSE OF THE NIGER.

WITH
A CHART OF THE ROUTES, AND A VARIETY OF COLOURED PLATES,
ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE COSTUMES OF THE SEVERAL NATIVES OF NORTHERN AFRICA.

BY CAPTAIN G. F. LYON, R. N.
COMPANION OF THE LATE MR. RITCHIE.

LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

1821.

LONDON:
PRINTED BY THOMAS DAVISON, WHITEFRIARS.

TO
HIS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY
GEORGE THE FOURTH.

Sire,

For the gracious condescension of Your Majesty, in permitting me to place the following pages under Your Royal Patronage, I shall ever be impressed with the most sincere gratitude.

That Your Majesty may long, happily, and uninterruptedly reign in the hearts and over the destinies of your faithful people, is the constant and fervent prayer of,

Your Majesty’s
Most dutiful and most devoted
Subject and Servant,

GEORGE FRANCIS LYON.

March, 1821.

ANARRATIVEOFTRAVELS IN NORTHERN AFRICA,IN THE YEARS 1818, 19, AND 20;

A
NARRATIVE
OF
TRAVELS IN NORTHERN AFRICA,
IN THE YEARS 1818, 19, AND 20;