[CONTENTS.]

CHAP. PAGE
I. [THE FIRST GLIMMERING OF LIGHT]1
II. [MORE LIGHT: THE ARAB PERIOD]6
III. [OPENING UP THE WAY TO THE NIGER]19
IV. [PREPARING FOR PARK: THE AFRICAN ASSOCIATION]31
V. [MUNGO PARK]36
VI. [AT THE THRESHOLD]46
VII. [FROM THE GAMBIA TO THE SENEGAL]53
VIII. [ACROSS THE SENEGAL BASIN]65
IX. [TO LUDAMAR]76
X. [CAPTIVITY IN LUDAMAR]85
XI. [TO THE NIGER]97
XII. [DOWN THE RIVER TO SILLA]107
XIII. [THE RETURN THROUGH BAMBARRA]120
XIV. [REST AT KAMALIA]134
XV. [THE SLAVE ROUTE]143
XVI. [BACK TO THE GAMBIA AND HOME]154
XVII. [MUNGO PARK AT HOME]164
XVIII. [MUNGO PARK AT HOME—(continued)]175
XIX. [PREPARING FOR A NEW EXPEDITION]186
XX. [PARK’S SECOND RETURN TO THE GAMBIA]196
XXI. [STILL STRUGGLING TOWARDS THE GREAT RIVER]208
XXII. [TO THE NIGER]221
XXIII. [THE LAST OF PARK]233
XXIV. [THE FULAH REVOLUTION]246
XXV. [NEW ENTERPRISES AND NEW THEORIES]254
XXVI. [THE TERMINATION OF THE NIGER]264
XXVII. [THE TERMINATION OF THE NIGER—(continued)]277
XXVIII. [FILLING UP THE DETAILS]288
XXIX. [THE FRENCH ADVANCE TO THE NIGER]301
XXX. [THE ROYAL NIGER COMPANY]307
XXXI. [THE ROYAL NIGER COMPANY—(continued)]319
[INDEX] 333

[LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS.]

FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.

1. [Portrait of Mungo Park]Frontispiece
2. [Facsimile Extract of Letter from Mungo Park to Dr. Anderson]facing page 42
3. [Bambarra Women Pounding Corn]„ 112
4. [Bammaku]„ 128
5. [Baobab Tree]„ 144
6. [Facsimile Extract of Mungo Park’s Letter to his Wife]„ 180
7. [Rock Scenery of the Upper Senegal]„ 212
8. [Portrait of Captain Clapperton]„ 265
9. [View in Sokoto]„ 275
10. [Akassa]„ 286
11. [Timbuktu]„ 292
12. [Traders’ House, Abutshi]„ 322
13. [Haussa Village]„ 330

ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT.

[Birthplace of Mungo Park]page 37
[Mungo Park’s Encampment]„ 207
[Group of Fulahs]„ 247
[Portrait of Richard Lander]„ 282
[View on the Niger above Lokoja]„ 294
[Haussa Hut]„ 326
[Portrait of the Sultan of Sokoto’s Brother]„ 328

MAPS (Printed in Colours).