MacGregor Laird, 46 Merchants, British, 95, 96, 153, 172-174, 227, 243 Mining Development, 175-183. (_See under_ Tin and Bauchi.) Minna, 195 Moor, Sir Ralph, 58 Mungo Park, 45 Muri, Province of, 138, 170, 177, 202-203 Naraguta, 180, 183-184, 191 Nassarawa, Province of, 138, 177, 231 national schools at, 161-165. (_See under_ Education.) Native Races and Liquor Traffic United Committee, 254, etc. (_See under_ Liquor.) Niger, delta of, 49-54, 218, 223 river, 51, 75, 91-97, 124, 180, 195, 202, 203 Province, 138, 167, 202, 243 old civilizations of, 155 company, 166, 172, 178, 179, 181, 183, 186, 191 Nigeria, importance of, 47 size of, 47, 49, 63, 138 need for public interest in, 48 flora of, 10, 29, 36, 50, 51, 52, 113, 114, 170 history of, 98-104 self-sufficing character, 119, 171 a land of contrasts, 72, 184 anomalous position of Northern Protectorate, 190 comparison with American cotton belt, 222 Nigerian, perils which beset him, Introduction, 245-248 false ideas about, 247-249, 260 his alleged callousness, 13 as a carrier, 14-17 his modesty and courtesy, 19-23 his dancing, 31-32 as a fisherman, 34 as a trader, 50-52, 107-110, 125-127 his capacity for labour, 57-58, 181-182 his spiritual side, 24, 28, 67, 111-112, 155-159 as an agriculturist, 112, 113, 118, 120, 172, 185, 224, 228, 231, 233-237 as a cotton manufacturer, 121, 127, 185 as a dyer, 121 as a tanner, 121, 127, 163-164 as an artisan, 119, 120, 121 as a smelter, 6, 120-121, 177-178, 185 as a potter, 128 as a herdsman, 118-119 his law-abiding character, 146-147 his probity in Kano, 147 as an _intéllectuel_ and reformer, 157-158 his capacity for self-government on indigenous lines, 130-159. (_See under_ British policy, Trade, Kano, Railways, Education, Islam, Cotton, Tin, Hausa, Fulani, Yoruba, Othman Fodio, etc.) Ningi, country and people of, 184 Nupe, people of, 29-31, 126, 171, 218 soap, 129 Officials, labours of British, 6, 7, 30, 31, 41, 65-66, 104, 137, 143, 154, 190-191, 244 Oil palm and its products, 52-55. (_See under_ Trade.) Old Calabar, 51, 73, 202 Onitsha, 176, 218 Oshogbo, 202-203, 224-225 Othman Fodio, 99-101, 118, 157, 159 Oyo, city of, 78, 203, 218, 225 Alafin of, 80, 81, 87 Railways and railway policy, 91, 167, 183, 194-200, 239 Rat-catchers of Kano, 146 Religions, African, 24-28, 35, 67-68, 218. (_See under_ Islam.) Revenue, method of distribution in Northern Nigeria, 147-148. (_See under_ British policy and Amalgamation.) Road, the great white, 7, 8-13, 28 the Riga-Chikum-Naraguta, 182, 183 its _rôle_ in social life, 218 Roman Catholics, 11, 27, 252 Ross, Mr. W. A., 84 Rubber, in Bauchi and in the Benue region, 170-185 in Benin, 69