INDEX.
Reading edition
Adamawa, 13.
Africa, early exploration of, 2, 16.
—— English in, 24, 26, 29, 46-245, 255, 257, 265, 276, 289, 299, 308, 293-332.
—— French in, 29, 291, 302-306, 313.
—— Germans in, 317.
—— Portuguese in, 20.
African Association, the, 31, 41, 45, 176, 178, 184.
—— Company, the, 28.
Agades, 17.
Ahmed Baba of Timbuktu, 11.
Akassa, 320.
Ali of Bornu, 13.
—— of Ludamar, 83, 93.
Amadi Fatuma, Park’s guide, 233, 237, 238, 239, 243.
Anderson, Dr. Alexander, Park’s brother-in-law, 194, 214, 217, 222, 232.
Arabs, 7, 16, 272.
Arab conquests, 6.
—— explorers, 16.
—— historians, 16.
Armour, Sudanese, 270.
Askia, 10.
—— Ishak, 11.
Badagry, 278, 281, 283.
Bady, 203.
Bafing R., 151, 210, 213.
Baikie, Dr., 299, 308.
Bakhoy or Furkomo, 215.
Bambaku, 202.
Bambarra, district of, 72, 76, 105, 226.
—— king of, 108.
Bambuk, 29, 34.
Bammaku, 128, 226.
Bangassi, 220.
Banks, Sir Joseph, 41, 45, 184, 194.
Barth, 8-12, 239, 297.
—— quoted, 9, 10, 12.
Bathurst, 46.
Bawa, king of Haussa, 250.
Beecroft, Governor, 296.
Bees, caravan attacked by, 147, 205.
Bello, Sultan of Sokoto, 252, 275, 277.
Benaum, Moorish camp at, 82.
—— Park’s reception at, 83.
Benin, Bight of, 193, 260.
Benué or Tchadda, 119, 274, 286, 295, 298, 316.
Berbers, 8, 268.
Berlin Conference, 316.
Bintingala, 154.
Birni-n-Kebbi, 119.
Birthplace of Park, 36.
Biru, 15, 113.
Bombyx or silk-cotton tree, 46.
Bondou, district of, 58, 59, 258.
Bornu, district of, 9, 12, 246, 270.
—— historians of, 13.
—— kings of, 13.
—— rise to political importance, 13.
Bridge, a primitive, 151.
Bushreens, 51.
Bussa, 240, 261, 279, 283.
Caillé, 290-292.
Campbell, Captain, expedition of, 257.
Captivity of Park. See Park.
Caravan, a day with, 218.
—— an early, 56.
—— Park’s, 201.
—— a slave, 143-158.
Catherine, the, voyage of, 24.
Chad, Lake, 9, 193, 269.
Chandos, Duke of, 28.
Charlestown, the, 161.
Charms, 127.
Charter for Royal Niger Company, 330.
Chivalry, Pagan, an example of, 152.
Christianity in Africa, 6, 161, 323.
Clapperton, Lieutenant, 265-275.
Commerce, articles of, 160, 308, 309.
—— on the Gambia, 48.
—— on the Niger, 309.
Companies, chartered, 262, 314.
—— commercial, enterprise of, 294-332.
Company, the African, 28.
Congo River, the, 192, 256.
—— cataracts of, 256.
Conversion, a Mohammedan mode of, 70.
Counti Mamadi, 113, 123.
Cowries, 111, 231.
Customs, Negro, 56, 58, 77.
Daisy, king of Kaarta, 89, 94.
Dalli, 81.
De Barros, 21.
Debo (Dibbie) Lake, 118.
Demba, Park’s servant, 54, 68, 79, 80, 82, 89, 92, 159.
Denham, Major, 265, 273.
Dibalami Dunama Selmami, king of Bornu, 13.
Dina, 79, 82.
Discovery. See Exploration, African.
Dunama ben Humé, king of Bornu, 12.
Duté, 113.
East India Company, 42.
Ebn Batuta, 16.
—— Khaldun, 8, 16.
—— Said, 13, 16.
Edris Alawoma, 13.
—— king of Bornu, 13.
Education, Mohammedan, 141, 249.
Edwards, Mr. Bryan, 165, 166, 171.
Effects of European intercourse, 50.
Egga, 284, 296.
Egypt, 15.
El Bekri, 16.
—— Edrisi, 16.
Endeavour, the, voyage of, 46.
English. See Africa, English in.
Explorers. See Exploration.
Exploration, African, under—
The Nasamones, 4.
Ebn Batuta, 16.
Leo Africanus, 16.
Gilianez, 21.
Nuno Tristan, 21.
Fernandez, 21.
Lancelot, 21.
Richard Thompson, 24.
Richard Jobson, 26.
Bartholomew Stibbs, 29.
Ledyard, 32.
Lucas, 32.
Horneman, 33.
Houghton, 33.
Park, 46-242.
Tuckey, 255.
Peddie, 257.
Campbell, 257.
Gray, 258.
Denham and Clapperton, 265-275.
Clapperton and Lander, 276-281.
The Brothers Lander, 282-287.
Laing, 288-290.
Caillé, 290-292.
Barth, 297.
Baikie, 308.
Commercial companies, 294-332.
Factories, 48.
Falemé River, 34, 61, 154, 208, 210.
Falika, 59, 60.
Family, the, of Park, 177.
Fatticonda, 60, 62.
Fernandez, 21.
Fetters of slaves, 140.
Fevers, African, and Europeans, 208-211, 212, 214, 219, 256.
Flegel, 317.
Formosa River, 255.
Fortifications, Negro, 216.
Foulshiels, 37, 169, 187.
French. See Africa, French in.
—— African Companies, 29, 313.
Fulahs, Fulatah, or Fillani, the, 14, 59, 246-253, 328.
—— characteristics of, 248.
—— conquest of Sudan by, 251.
—— history of, 248.
—— nomadic habits, 248.
—— pastoral life, 248.
Fulahdu, 248.
Fuludu Mountains, 73.
Furkomo River. See Bakhoy.
Futa Jallon, district of, 291.
—— Larra, 70.
—— Torra, 152.
Gallieni, Captain, 304-306.
Gambia, commerce on, 48.
—— exploration of, 21, 24, 26, 29, 157, 158, 198, 203.
Gandu, 119, 253, 329.
Ghana or Ghanata, 8, 10, 17, 192.
Gilianez, 21.
Gin trade, the, 50, 161, 167, 249.
Gober, 17, 250.
Gogo, 12, 16.
Gold, 29.
Goree, 161, 178, 196.
Government, British, the, and the Niger, 296, 299, 301.
Gray, Captain, expedition of, 258.
Guinea, Gulf of, 255.
Gulbi-n-Gindi River, 239, 327.
Gum, 29.
Gurma, 237.
Hadj Mohammed Askia, 10.
Hanno, expedition of, 2.
Haussa States, 119, 193, 239, 246.
Hawkins, 23.
Heat, tropic, 230.
Herodotus, 3, 4.
Hibbert, Mr. George, 168.
Historians, African, 3, 8, 11, 13, 16, 21.
Horneman, 32, 178.
Hospitality, Negro, 68, 109.
Houghton, Major, 33.
Ibo, the, 286.
Inauguration of modern exploration, 31.
Intercourse, European, effects of, 50.
Isaaco, Park’s guide, 200, 203, 215, 226, 233, 237, 243.
—— attacked by a crocodile, 215.
Islam. See Mohammedanism.
Jalonka Wilderness, the, 137, 145-151.
Jarra or Yarra, 75, 77, 91.
Jenné or Jinni, 12, 119, 237, 291.
Jillifri, 46.
Jinbala, Island of, 119, 237.
Joag, 65.
Jobson, Richard, 26, 157.
Johnson, Park’s servant, 54, 66, 79, 89, 94, 159.
Joliba. See Niger.
Joloffs or Jaloffs, the, 65, 152, 249.
Jonkakonda, 46.
Journals, Park’s, 236, 254.
Kaarta, district of, 72, 76.
—— capital of, 74.
—— Park’s reception at, 74.
Kabara or Kabra, 16, 119, 291.
Kajaaga, district of, 65.
Kakundy, 291.
Kamalia, 137.
Kankan, 291.
Kano, 17, 193, 275, 280.
—— Clapperton and Oudney’s expedition to, 274.
Karfa Taura, 137, 143, 155, 158, 159, 224.
Kashna or Katsena, 17, 191, 193, 233.
Kasson, district of, 68.
Kayi, 69, 198, 200.
Kokoro River, 145.
Kong Mountains, 129, 255.
Konkadu Mountains, 210.
Kugha, 18.
Kuka, 18, 270.
Kullo, district of, 151.
Kuranka, Highlands of, 288.
Kurusa, 291.
Kwora or Main Niger, 260.
Laidley, Dr., 34, 47, 54, 158, 159.
Laing, Major, 288.
Lancelot, 21.
Lander, Richard, 278, 280.
Ledyard, 32.
Leo Africanus, 16.
Logun, district of, 274.
Lotophagi, 77.
Lucas, 32.
Ludamar, district of, 75.
—— Park’s sojourn in, 78-96.
Macgregor Laird, 293, 299, 308.
Mage, E., 303.
Makrizi, 16.
Malacotta, 152.
Mandara Mountains, 272.
Manding, district of, 134.
—— famine in, 135.
Mandingoes, 55, 160, 249.
Manga, Denham’s expedition to, 273.
Mangrove swamps, 46, 256, 286.
Mansong, king of Bambarra, 108, 111, 226.
March, a desert, 267.
Market-place, an African, 230.
Martyn, Lieutenant, 196, 214, 232, 238, 242.
Medina, 33, 56, 158, 202.
Melli, kingdom of, 10, 11.
Modibu, 115, 122.
Mohammedanism. 6, 8, 51, 70, 141, 161, 246, 249, 292, 323.
—— influence of, 9, 51, 141, 161, 247, 292.
—— propagation of, 8, 70, 141.
—— spread of, 6, 249, 323.
Moorish conquests, 11.
—— idea of beauty, 89.
Moors, 78-96, 160, 231, 239.
Morocco, 11, 12, 15, 16.
Mortality from fever, 208, 212, 221, 225, 229.
Mosi, 10.
M‘Queen, James, 17, 258, 314.
—— quoted, 306, 310, 315, 331.
—— theory of Niger geography, 259.
—— views on commercial importance of Niger, 261.
Mulai Hamed, 11.
Mumbo Jumbo, 57.
Murzuk in Fezzan, 265.
Nasamones, the, expedition of, 4.
National African Co. See United African Co.
Necho, expedition, of 2.
Negro, the, and European intercourse, 50.
Nereko River, 61, 158, 203.
New South Wales, Park’s proposed mission to, 177.
Niger or Joliba, the, 106, 128, 145, 224, 226, 228, 232.
—— ancient knowledge of, 3.
—— commercial development under—
Macgregor Laird, 294, 299, 308, 309.
Oldfield and Lander, 293, 295.
Beecroft, 295.
British Government, 296, 299.
The French, 302-306, 312.
The Germans, 317.
The Royal Niger Co., 307-332.
—— course of, 118, 254, 283, 291.
—— delta of, 255, 286, 293.
—— exploration of. See Exploration, African.
—— importance of, to Britain. See M‘Queen.
—— Park reaches, 106.
—— source of, 288.
—— supposed identity with Congo, 192, 255, 260.
—— —— Nile, 4, 260.
—— —— termination in interior, 192.
—— termination of, 192, 193, 233, 235, 254, 261, 264-287.
Nile, 4, 17, 260.
Nun River, 293, 319.
Nunez River, 257, 291.
Nupé, kingdom of, 191, 193, 280, 284, 327.
Othman dan Fodiyo, 246-252.
—— conquest of Sudan by, 251.
Oudney, Dr., 265, 275.
Overweg, 298.
Park, Mungo, early life, 36-43.
—— choice of a profession, 40.
—— religious convictions, 43.
—— voyage to Sumatra, 44.
—— connection with African Association, 45.
—— first African expedition, 46.
—— views on the slave trade, 49, 168.
—— captivity among the Moors, 85.
—— his escape, 90.
—— reaches the Niger, 106.
—— journey to Silla, 107.
—— return to coast, 122.
—— fever at Kamalia, 137.
—— reaches the Gambia, 158.
—— sails for England, 161.
—— reception in England, 165.
—— publication of journals, 166, 171.
—— marriage, 175.
—— proposed mission to New South Wales, 179.
—— practises medicine in Peebles, 180.
—— second journey, 196.
—— proposed route, 191, 195.
—— preparations, 186-195.
—— voyage down Niger, 235.
—— death, 242, 279.
—— family of, 244.
Park. Thomas, son of the explorer, 244.
Peddie, Major, 257.
Peebles, Park’s life in, 180-184.
Pisania, 47, 200.
Pliny, 3.
Portuguese. See Africa, Portuguese in.
Products, African commercial, 160.
Protectorate British, proclamation of, 316, 329.
Ptolemy, 3.
Quintin, Dr., 303.
Rabba, 295.
Railway between Senegal and Bammaku, 305.
Rapids, 241, 256.
Reception, a Sudanese, 270.
Relics of Park, 243.
Rennell, Major, 165, 192.
Rennell’s Mountains, 284.
Rey, Rio del, 255.
Rhamadan, the month of fasting, 86, 141.
Richard, M., and the Niger termination, 254.
Richardson, 297, 298.
Robbers, Park among, 130, 203, 216, 218.
Royal Niger Company, 307-332.
—— prospects of Niger basin under, 330.
Ruskin’s charges against Park, 181.
Sahara, 11, 15, 33, 265, 267, 289, 292.
Samaku River, 208.
Sansandig, 113, 123, 229, 230, 237, 243.
Saphias. See Charms.
Scenery, African, 27, 46, 55, 65, 69, 203, 210, 213, 240, 272, 283, 320, 321.
School, a Mohammedan, 141.
Scott, Mr. George, 194, 214.
—— Sir Walter’s, friendship with Park, 187.
“Scramble for Africa,” the, 316.
Sego, 106, 107, 226.
—— Park’s reception at, 108.
Senegal, the, 21, 29, 69, 145.
—— exploration of, 29.
—— the French on, 302.
Senegambia, 9, 21.
Serawulies, the, 65, 155.
Shari River, 274.
Shea butter, 112.
Sibidulu, 129, 134.
Sieur Brue, 29, 69.
—— Denham and Toole’s expedition to, 274.
Silla, 117, 237.
Slave caravan, departure of a, 144.
—— raid, a, 272.
—— route, horrors of, 49, 143-153.
—— ship, a, 162.
—— trade, 23, 48, 147-149, 155, 156.
—— Park’s views on, 49, 168, 174.
Slaves, how obtained, 136, 140.
Sokoto, 10, 253, 275, 327.
Sonakies, 51.
Song of the Negro women, 110.
Songhay, kingdom of, 9, 10, 246, 299.
—— kings of, 10.
—— historians of, 11.
Stibbs, Bartholomew, 29.
St. Joseph, Fort, 29, 69.
St. Louis, Fort, 29.
Strabo, 3.
Sudan, the, 8, 14, 269.
—— Christianity in, 6.
—— Denham’s expedition to, 266.
—— early exploration of, 2.
—— early trade with, 15.
—— Fulah conquest of, 251.
—— historians of, 3, 8, 11, 13, 16.
—— Mohammedan conquest of, 6, 9, 246, 254.
—— Moorish conquest of, 11.
Superstitions, Negro, 56, 58, 68, 73, 121, 202, 205, 231.
Tambaura Mountains, 211.
Tchadda. See Benué.
Tenda, 29, 203.
—— wilderness, 157, 204.
Thompson, Richard, 24.
Thomson, Joseph, 318-329.
Tibbu tribes, 267.
Timbuktu, 8, 15, 16, 48, 119, 237, 288, 291.
—— first entered by a European, 289.
Tombaconda or Tombakunda, 157.
Toole, 274.
Treaties, commercial, with Sokoto and Gandu, 329.
Tripoli, 13, 15, 265, 275, 289.
Tuaregs, 15, 237, 239, 289, 328.
Tuckey, Captain, on the Congo, 255.
Twat or Tuat, oasis of, 10, 12, 16, 289.
United African Company, the, 312, 315, 316, 317.
Voyage of the Catherine, 24.
—— Endeavour, 46.
—— Joliba, 235.
Wadan, 13.
Walata, 15, 16.
Wali, district of, 33, 56, 158, 202.
Wangara, 191, 192, 254.
Wawra, 105.
Wonda, 135.
—— River, 146.
Wuladu, 213, 217.
Wuli, district of, 33, 56, 158, 202.
Wulima River, 222.
Wurnu, 327.
Yakoba, 280.
Yamina, 126, 228.
Yarra. See Jarra.
Yauri River, 240, 327.
Yeou River, 270.
Yoruba, 279.
Zeghaza, 12.
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