[Illustration: Painted by Gildon Manton. Engraved by Thos. Lupton. CAPTN. HUGH CLAPPERTON, R.N. London, Published Decr. 1, 1828, by John Murray, Albemarle Street.] =JOURNAL= OF A SECOND EXPEDITION INTO THE =INTERIOR OF AFRICA,= FROM =THE BIGHT OF BENIN TO SOCCATOO.= BY THE LATE COMMANDER CLAPPERTON, OF THE ROYAL NAVY. TO WHICH IS ADDED, THE JOURNAL OF RICHARD LANDER FROM KANO TO THE SEA-COAST, PARTLY BY A MORE EASTERN ROUTE. WITH A PORTRAIT OF CAPTAIN CLAPPERTON, AND A MAP OF THE ROUTE, CHIEFLY LAID DOWN FROM ACTUAL OBSERVATIONS FOR LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE. * * * * * LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET. * * * * * MDCCCXXIX. CONTENTS. * * * * * Page Life of the author v Introduction xi CHAPTER I. Journey from Badagry over the Kong mountains to the city of Eyeo or Katunga 1 CHAPTER II. Residence at Eyeo, or Katunga, the capital of Youriba 38 CHAPTER III. Journal of proceedings from Katunga, or Eyeo, to Boussa, on the Niger, or Quorra, the place where Mungo Park perished 61 CHAPTER IV. Journey from Boussa, across the ferry of the Quorra, by Guarri and Zegzeg, to the city of Kano 107 CHAPTER V. Journey from Kano to the camp of Bello, and from thence to Soccatoo 169 CHAPTER VI. Residence at Soccatoo, till the death of the author 194 LANDER’S JOURNAL. From Kano to Soccatoo 257 Residence at Soccatoo—my master’s death—burial 269 From Soccatoo to Dunrora 282 From Dunrora back to Zegzeg 297 From Zegzeg to Badagry 305 SHORT SKETCH OF THE =LIFE OF CAPTAIN CLAPPERTON.= BY LIEUTENANT-COLONEL CLAPPERTON.