LIST OF PLATES.
| No. | Page | ||
| 1. | Alameen ben Mohammed El Kanemy, Sheikh ofBornou, | [Frontispiece] | |
| 2. | Part of the Stony Desert, | to face page | [xvi] |
| 3. | Castle at Mourzuk, from Mr.Ritchie’s Grave | [xxi] | |
| 4. | Woman of Sockna | [xxvii] | |
| 5. | Vignette, ArabsMeeting | [xlii] | |
| 6. | View of the Bahr Mandia | [lviii] | |
| 7. | Castle, and Salt Lake atTegerhy | [5] | |
| 8. | Anay Tibboo Country | [17] | |
| 9. | KanembooMarketwoman,—Unmarried Woman of Soudan | [46] | |
| 10. | Body Guard of the Sheikh ofBornou | [64] | |
| 11. | Reception of the Mission bythe Sultan of Bornou | [79] | |
| 12. | Shouaa Women, kingdom ofBornou | [94] | |
| 13. | Arrival at Mora, the capitalof Mandara | [111] | |
| 14. | Mandara Musicians | [123] | |
| 15. | Plan of the Pass of Hairy,Mandara mountains | [127] | |
| 16. | Attack on Musfeia | [133] | |
| 17. | Vignette, Manner ofRoasting Fish | [148] | |
| 18. | The River Gambarou, or Yeou,near Lada | [152] | |
| 19. | Favourite of the Seraglio,accompanying a Military Expedition | [163] | |
| 20. | Kanemboo Spearman,—MungaBowman, in the service of the Sheikh of Bornou | [166] | |
| 21. | Abdel Gassam, a Felatah fromTimbuctoo—A Bornouese on a Journey | [177] | |
| 22. | Vignette, KanembooNight Watch | [180] | |
| 23. | Hut, and Carpenter’sShop | [201] | |
| 24. | Vignette, Plan ofKouka | [225] | |
| 25. | Fishing Boats on the RiverShary | [229] | |
| 26. | River Shary, from the Wallsof Kussery | [235] | |
| 27. | Vignette, NegressesPounding Corn | [247] | |
| 28. | A Loggun Lady—Funha ofMaffatai—Abdelahi of Mandara | [259] | |
| 29. | Hager Teous, or the Footstoolof Noah | [261] | |
| 30. | Sketch of the Lake Tchad | [266] | |
| 31. | Lancers of the Sultan ofBegharmi | [279] | |
| 32. | Manner of Fishing on theRiver Yeou | [284] | |
| 33. | Encampment near Woodie | [289] | |
| 34. | Ghirza, south face ofBuilding | [305] | |
| 35. | Frieze on do. | [ib.] | |
| 36. | Town of Sangeia, inHoussa | [36] | |
| 37. | Natives of Soudan | [54] | |
| 38. | Vignette, Plan ofthe Town of Kano | [56] | |
| 39. | A Reduction of Bello’s Map ofCentral Africa | [109] | |
| 40. | Appendix—Fennecus Cerdo | [183] | |
| [41.] | Arms and Armourof Central Africa, brought home by Major Denham,—Three Plates. | ||
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| 44. | [GeneralMap] of the Routes of the Travellers. | ||
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.
BY MAJOR DENHAM.
FROM TRIPOLI TO MOURZUK.
Previous to any knowledge I had received of the intentions of His Majesty’s government to follow up the mission of Mr. Ritchie and Captain Lyon, I had volunteered my services to Lord Bathurst to proceed to Timbuctoo, by nearly the same route which Major Laing is now pursuing. I learnt, in reply, that an expedition had been planned, and that Doctor Oudney and Lieutenant Clapperton, both of the navy, were appointed; and with these gentlemen, by the kindness of Lord Bathurst, I was, at my request, associated. My companions left London before me; but, as soon as ready, I lost no time in proceeding in the packet to Malta, where I found that they had left the island for Tripoli nearly a month before. By the kindness of Admiral Sir Graham Moore, Sir Manley Power, Sir Richard Plasket, and Captain Woolley, commissioner of the dock-yard, all my wants were amply supplied; and judging that the assistance of a shipwright or carpenter might prove of essential use, and being allowed by my instructions to engage any one, at a reasonable salary, who might choose to volunteer to accompany the mission, William Hillman, shipwright, a man of excellent character, immediately offered his services, on an agreement that he should receive 120l. a year so long as he should continue to be employed.