HIS ROYAL HICtHNESS THE PRINCE ALBERT, K.G, 
AS PRESIDENT OF THE 
WHO 
SOCIETY FOR THE EXTINCTION 
OF THE 
SLAVE TRADE AND THE CIVILIZATION OF AFRICA, 
TOOK SUCH PHILANTHROPICAL INTEREST IN ITS OBJECTS 
AND IN THE 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 
NIGER 
EXPEDITIONj 
THESE VOLUMES, 
ARE DEDICATED WITH GRACIOUS PERMISSION, 
BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS*, 
MOST DEVOTED HUMBLE SERVANTS, 
WILLIAM ALLEN, 
T. R. H. THOMSON. 
