IX. TO LUDAMAR 76 X. CAPTIVITY IN LUDAMAR 85 XI. TO THE NIGER 97 XII. DOWN THE RIVER TO SILLA 107 XIII. THE RETURN THROUGH BAMBARRA 120 XIV. REST AT KAMALIA 134 XV. THE SLAVE ROUTE 143 XVI. BACK TO THE GAMBIA AND HOME 154 XVII. MUNGO PARK AT HOME 164 XVIII. MUNGO PARK AT HOME--(_continued_) 175 XIX. PREPARING FOR A NEW EXPEDITION 186 XX. PARK’S SECOND RETURN TO THE GAMBIA 196 XXI. STILL STRUGGLING TOWARDS THE GREAT RIVER 208 XXII. TO THE NIGER 221 XXIII. THE LAST OF PARK 233 XXIV. THE FULAH REVOLUTION 246 XXV. NEW ENTERPRISES AND NEW THEORIES 254 XXVI. THE TERMINATION OF THE NIGER 264 XXVII. THE TERMINATION OF THE NIGER--(_continued_) 277 XXVIII. FILLING UP THE DETAILS 288 XXIX. THE FRENCH ADVANCE TO THE NIGER 301 XXX. THE ROYAL NIGER COMPANY 307 XXXI. THE ROYAL NIGER COMPANY--(_continued_) 319 INDEX 333 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS. _FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS._ 1. Portrait of Mungo Park _Frontispiece_ 2. Facsimile Extract of Letter from Mungo Park to Dr. Anderson _facing page_ 42 3. Bambarra Women Pounding Corn „ 112 4. Bammaku „ 128 5. Baobab Tree „ 144 6. Facsimile Extract of Mungo Park’s Letter to his Wife „ 180 7. Rock Scenery of the Upper Senegal „ 212 8. Portrait of Captain Clapperton „ 265 9. View in Sokoto „ 275 10. Akassa „ 286 11. Timbuktu „ 292 12. Traders’ House, Abutshi „ 322 13. Haussa Village „ 330 _ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT._ Birthplace of Mungo Park _page_ 37 Mungo Park’s Encampment „ 207 Group of Fulahs „ 247 Portrait of Richard Lander „ 282