TO THE 



MERCHANTS AND PHILANTHROPISTS 

 OF GREAT BRITAIN, 



In the hope that the attempt recorded in these 

 Volumes, to establish a Commercial Intercourse 

 with Central Africa, via the River Niger, may 

 open new fields of enterprise to the Mercantile 

 world, and of usefulness to those who labour 

 for the amelioration of uncivilized man, the 

 following Narratives are respectfully inscribed 

 by 



The Authors. 



