CHAPTER II 



OUR JOURNEY UP THE NIGER AND BENUE 



After ninety miles the Forcados joins the Niger, whose 

 main stream one sees flowing away to the right, from this 



THE EXPEDITION ON THE RIVER BENUE 



point to be called the River Nun. Here the river broadens 

 to a width of 800 yards and sand-banks begin to appear in 

 its course. The river banks, which in some places rise to a 

 height of 20 to 30 ft., become less densely wooded and the 



