| Drawn by Major Denham. | Engraved by E. Finden. |
ALAMEEN-BEN MOHAMMED EL KANEMY.
SHEIKH OF BORNOU.
Published by John Murray, London. Feb.1826.
NARRATIVE
OF
TRAVELS ANDDISCOVERIES
IN
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA,
IN THE YEARS 1822, 1823, AND1824,
BY MAJOR DENHAM,CAPTAIN CLAPPERTON, AND THE
LATE DOCTOR OUDNEY,
EXTENDING ACROSS THE
GREAT DESERT TO THE TENTH DEGREE OFNORTHERN LATITUDE, AND FROM
KOUKA IN BORNOU, TO SACKATOO, THE CAPITAL OF THE FELLATAHEMPIRE.
WITH
ANAPPENDIX,
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE RIGHTHONOURABLE EARL BATHURST, ONE OF HIS
MAJESTY’S PRINCIPAL SECRETARIES OF STATE, AND DEDICATED BY
PERMISSION TO HIS LORDSHIP,
BY MAJOR DIXONDENHAM,
OF HIS MAJESTY’S 17TH REGIMENT OFFOOT,
AND
CAPTAIN HUGH CLAPPERTON,
OF THE ROYAL NAVY,
THE SURVIVORS OF THE EXPEDITION.
LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET.
MDCCCXXVI.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY THOMAS DAVISON, WHITEFRIARS.
TO
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE EARL BATHURST,K.G.
HIS MAJESTY’S PRINCIPAL SECRETARYOF STATE FOR THE COLONIES,
THIS VOLUME,
CONTAINING
AN ACCOUNT OF THEIRDISCOVERIES
MADE UNDER THE AUSPICES OF HISLORDSHIP,
IS INSCRIBED,
WITH THE GREATEST RESPECT ANDGRATITUDE,
BY HIS OBLIGED AND FAITHFULSERVANTS,
THE AUTHORS.
[v]PREFACE.
By the death of Dr. Oudney, it hasfallen to the lot of Captain Clapperton and myself to render anaccount to the public of our expedition into the interior andcentral parts of Northern Africa. The sudden departure of mysurviving companion, on a second mission, has necessarily thrownthe greater part of the burden on myself. I believe, however—for Ihave not seen any of his papers—that Captain Clapperton, during thelifetime of Dr. Oudney, made but few remarks himself beyond theconstruction of the chart of our route, from daily observations ofthe latitude, and of lunar