NARRATIVE. 



CHAPTER I. 



Reasons for the Expedition. — The Company formed. — Mr. 

 Landers Services engaged. — The Quorra and Alburkah 

 Steam-vessels and the Columbine Brig fitted and jjro- 

 vided with Goods for the Country. — Plan of Proceeding. — 

 The Expedition joined by Lieutenant Allen and Mr. Jor- 

 dan. — Departure from Liverpool. — Stop at Milford. — En- 

 gineers of Steam-vessels considered. — Final Departure from 

 Milford. — Remarks on the Fitting of Steam-vessels for 

 Steaming and Sailing. — Madeira seen. — Anchor at Port 

 Praya. 



The attention of British merchants has long 

 been turned to Central Africa as an untrod- 

 den, and therefore profitable field for commer- 

 cial enterprise. The information obtained di- 

 rectly from English travellers, and indirectly 

 from captured slaves, describing that coun- 

 try as one on v^^hich Nature had profusely be- 

 stowed her choicest treasures, with the fact 



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