CONTENTS 
OF 
THE FIRST VOLUME. 
CHAPTER I. 
Ancient Copts first acquainted with the interior of Africa — Herodotus, 
his account of the earliest African explorers — Ptolemy — Greeks and 
Romans — Imperfect knowledge of the interior of Africa — Arab tra- 
vellers — Ibn Batuta and Leo Africanus — First Association formed 
in England for promoting discovery in Africa — Messrs. Ledyard and 
Lucas — Major Houghton — Mungo Park, his discovery of the Niger 
— Horneman — Park's second expedition — Captain Tuckey's attempt 
to penetrate Africa by the Zaire — Ritchie and Lyon — Clapperton, 
Oudney andDenham’s overland route — Clapperton’s second attempt 
— Sultan Bellos* idea of the Nile and Kowara, or Niger — Major 
Laing reaches Timbuktiih — Richard and John Lander trace the 
Niger from Bussah to the coast — Commercial Expedition formed at 
Liverpool to ascend the Niger — Lieutenant W. Allen accompanies 
it — Mr. Macgregor Laird and Richard Lander take charge of the 
enterprise — Its failure as a commercial speculation — Mr. Becroft 
ascends the Niger. . , . , 1 — 2I 
CHAPTER II. 
The exploration of Africa desirable for nobler ends than the acquisition 
of wealth— Sir Fowell Buxton j)roposes ** The Remedy’* — Formation 
of the Society for the Suppression of the Slave Trade and the 
civilization of Africa— Lord John Russell’s views on the Slave 
