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A biographical memoir of the late Dr. Walter Oudney, Captain Hugh Clapperton, both of the Royal Navy, and Major Alex. Gordon Laing, all of whom died amid their active and enterprising endeavours to explore the interior of Africa — John Shaqi

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A biographical memoir of the late Dr. Walter Oudney, Captain Hugh Clapperton, both of the Royal Navy, and Major Alex. Gordon Laing, all of whom died amid their active and enterprising endeavours to explore the interior of Africa

Name: A biographical memoir of the late Dr. Walter Oudney, Captain Hugh Clapperton, both of the Royal Navy, and Major Alex. Gordon Laing, all of whom died amid their active and enterprising endeavours to explore the interior of Africa
Author: Nelson, Thomas

Nelson, Thomas

Africa -- Description and travel; Clapperton, Hugh, 1788-1827; Laing, Alexander Gordon, 1794-1826; Oudney, Walter, 1790-1824

[Illustration: ROUTE OF _Major Denham, Captn. Clapperton_ and
_Dr. Oudney,_ in AFRICA.]


                                   A
                          BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR
                              OF THE LATE
                         =DR. WALTER OUDNEY,=
                                  AND
                      =CAPTAIN HUGH CLAPPERTON,=
                        BOTH OF THE ROYAL NAVY,
                                  AND
                      =MAJOR ALEX. GORDON LAING,=
                ALL OF WHOM DIED AMID THEIR ACTIVE AND
                        ENTERPRISING ENDEAVOURS
                                  TO
                    EXPLORE THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA.

                               * * * * *

                                BY THE
                      REV. THOMAS NELSON, M.W.S.

                               * * * * *

                      EDINBURGH: WAUGH AND INNES;
                  WHITTAKER, TREACHER, & CO. LONDON.
                               * * * * *
                              M.DCCC.XXX.


                              Edinburgh:
              Printed by A. Balfour & Co. Niddry Street.


                                  TO
                         ROBERT JAMESON, ESQ.
     PROFESSOR OF NATURAL HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH,

_This small Volume is respectfully inscribed by the Author, as a
token of gratitude for his kindness to himself, as a Memorial of
the friendship and patronage extended by him to the Gentlemen, the
incidents of whose lives it records, and as a Testimony of the
estimation in which his character is held for his assiduous cultivation
of Physical Science in all its branches, and for his unwearied,
enlightened, and generous efforts to inspire, not only the Students
of his class, but the Public at large, with a love for the study of
Nature._




                               PREFACE.

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A biographical memoir of the late Dr. Walter Oudney, Captain Hugh Clapperton, both of the Royal Navy, and Major Alex. Gordon Laing, all of whom died amid their active and enterprising endeavours to explore the interior of Africa

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