_THROUGH UNKNOWN NIGERIA_ [Illustration] BOOKS OF TRAVEL Demy 8vo. Cloth Bindings. All fully Illustrated LIFE IN AN INDIAN OUTPOST. BY MAJOR CASSERLY. Fully Illustrated. Demy 8vo. 12s. 6d. net ALONE IN WEST AFRICA BY MARY GAUNT. 15s. net CHINA REVOLUTIONISED BY J. S. THOMPSON. 12s. 6d. net NEW ZEALAND BY Dr MAX HERZ. 12s. 6d. net THE DIARY OF A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE BY STANLEY PORTAL HYATT. 12s. 6d. net OFF THE MAIN TRACK BY STANLEY PORTAL HYATT. 12s. 6d. net WITH THE LOST LEGION IN NEW ZEALAND BY COLONEL G. HAMILTON-BROWNE (“Maori Browne”). 12s. 6d. net A LOST LEGIONARY IN SOUTH AFRICA BY COLONEL G. HAMILTON-BROWNE (“Maori Browne”). 12s. 6d. MY BOHEMIAN DAYS IN PARIS BY JULIUS M. PRICE. 10s. 6d. net WITH GUN AND GUIDE IN N.B. COLUMBIA BY T. MARTINDALE. 10s. 6d. net SIAM BY PIERRE LOTI. 7s. 6d. net [Illustration: A GATEWAY IN THE WALL OF KANO. The wall, which is made of mud, is 40 feet in thickness, 50 feet high, and 7 miles in circumference. _Photo by the Author._] THROUGH UNKNOWN NIGERIA BY JOHN R. RAPHAEL LATE TRAVEL EDITOR OF “THE AFRICAN WORLD” ILLUSTRATED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR LONDON T. WERNER LAURIE LTD. 8 ESSEX STREET, STRAND PREFACE Nigeria is in process of change, in some places rapid change. Since this book has been written Southern and Northern Nigeria have been amalgamated administratively. The two colonies, or protectorates, whichever title be preferred, are being unified. The public service have been fused. What were the Lagos Government Railway, the Baro-Kano Railway and the Bauchi Light Railway recently received the comprehensive designation of Nigerian Railways. The volume was in too advanced a condition for the alterations to be made; and perhaps use of the old names will give a better idea of the efforts to open up the youngest dependency brought under the Crown. Linking rich Southern Nigeria with her Northern sister provides money for railway and other development, which is to be pushed on vigorously. Many of the conditions of the country must necessarily alter. The locomotive is to whistle through regions where few white men have trod. Wild areas are to be penetrated by trains. Naturally the character of the inhabitants will be affected: no doubt many superstitious rites and, incidentally, cruelty and inhumanity in social customs be dispelled. Pagans will catch the passing fashions, or an imitation, and clothe, or at least cover, themselves.