Chapter I: Front Matter

_Frontispiece_, vol. ii.]

ABEOKUTA
AND
THE CAMAROONS MOUNTAINS.

An Exploration.

BY
RICHARD F. BURTON,
VICE PRES. ANTHROP. SOC. OF LONDON; GOLD MEDALLIST, GEOG. SOCS., PARIS
AND LONDON;
F.R.G.S. LONDON; M.A.S.; M.A.S. BOMBAY; M. ETHNO. S. LONDON.

“Geography, though an earthly study, is a heavenly subject.”—_Burke._

_IN TWO VOLUMES._

VOL. II.

LONDON:
TINSLEY BROTHERS, 18 CATHERINE STREET, STRAND.
1863.

[_The right of Translation is reserved._]

LONDON: PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING
CROSS.

CONTENTS.

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CHAPTER IX.

PAGE

DIPLOMACY; DEPARTURE, AND RETURN TO LAGOS 1

THE CAMAROONS MOUNTAINS.

CHAPTER I.

PRELIMINARIES OF EXPLORATION 25

CHAPTER II.

WE ENCAMP AT ‘MANN’S SPRING’ 75

CHAPTER III.

FIRST ASCENT OF PICO GRANDE 133

CHAPTER IV.

SUBSEQUENT ASCENTS BY MESSRS. CALVO, SAKER, AND MANN 162

CHAPTER V.

THE FINAL ASCENT 182

CHAPTER VI.

RETURN TO FERNANDO PO 218

APPENDICES.

I. MR. GRAZILHIER’S DESCRIPTION OF THE AMBOZES COUNTRY 235

II. MR. MERRICK’S TOUR IN WEST AFRICA 238

III. FLORA OF THE CAMAROONS MOUNTAINS, OF CLARENCE PEAK,
FERNANDO PO, AND OF THE PEAK OF SAN THOMÉ 270

IV. NOTES ON THE FAUNA OF THE CAMAROONS MOUNTAINS 278

V. REPORTS AND LETTERS TOUCHING AMBAS BAY 286

VI. METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS 294

VII. HYPSOMETRICAL TABLE 303

_London, Tinsley, Brothers, Catherine Street._]

ABEOKUTA
AND
THE CAMAROONS MOUNTAINS.

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