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.