NARRATIVE 



OF 



AN EXPEDITION 



INTO THE 



INTERIOR OF AFRICA, 



BY THE RIVER NIGER, 



IN THE STEAM-VESSELS QUORRA AND ALBURKAH, 

 IN 1832, 1833, AND 1834. 



BY 



MACGREGOR LAIRD AND R. A. K. OLDFIELD, 



SURVIVING OFFICERS OF THE EXPEDITION. 



IN TWO VOLUMES. 

 VOL. I. 



LONDON: 



RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET, 



^ui)li;S]^tr tn (©rbinarg to ^er PlajeiStg. 



1837. 



