JOURNAL OF AN EXPEDITION TO EXPLORE THE COURSE AND TERMINATION OF THE NIGER;

WITH A

NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE DOWN THAT RIVER TO ITS TERMINATION.

BY RICHARD AND JOHN LANDER.

IN THREE VOLUMES. ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVINGS AND MAPS.

VOL. I.

LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET.

MDCCCXXXII.

LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES, Stamford Street.

TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE VISCOUNT GODERICH,

HIS MAJESTY’S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES,

&c. &c. &c.,

IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE PATRIOTIC INTEREST WHICH HIS LORDSHIP HAS TAKEN IN THE

DISCOVERIES THEY RECORD;

AND

IN TOKEN OF GRATITUDE FOR THE PATRONAGE WHICH HIS BENEVOLENCE HAS CONFERRED ON THE AUTHORS,

THESE VOLUMES ARE, WITH HIS LORDSHIP’S PERMISSION, HUMBLY INSCRIBED, BY HIS MOST OBEDIENT AND FAITHFUL SERVANTS,

RICHARD AND JOHN LANDER.