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Boyd Alexander's Last Journey with a Memoir by Herbert Alexander
by
Boyd Alexander
published by Longmans, Green & Co., New York in 1912
Book Content
Book cover: i
Frontispiece: iii
Contents: v
List of Illustrations: vi
Childhood: p. 3
Alexander Boyd's earlier expeditions: p. 21
The Alexander-Gosling expedition from the Niger to the Nile: p. 32
Boyd Alexander's last journey and death: p. 43
Inroduction to the Diary: p. 57
Boyd Alexander's Diary: p. 61
Index: p. 289
Illustrations
Boyd Alexander map-making on his journey: facing Frontpiece
"Swift's", Boyd Alexander's bithplace and home: facing p. 6
Boyd Alexander at ten: facing p. 12
Boyd Alexander and his niece Ursula Davies: facing p. 13
Boyd Alexander at 29, in 1902: facing p. 30
Camp near Corfe Castle: facing p. 42
Clay original of the Alexander memorial: facing p. 54
Map of the Kamerun Peak: p. 56
Falls of the Lobé River: facing p. 74
The Mountain, San Thomé: facing p. 76
The Interior of San Thomé: facing p. 77
Camp above Buea: facing p. 100
The "Boys" of the Expedition: facing p. 101
The Crater in eruption: facing p. 118
The Crater after eruption: facing p. 119
Towards the Manengura Range: facing p. 122
One of the Crater Lakes near Poala: facing p. 123
Women dancing at Dallwa: facing p. 166
Witch-doctor performing "Ju-Ju": facing p. 167
One of Captain Brocklebank's waggons: facing p. 180
A goatherd and his charge: facing p. 181
The Festival of Salla at Yelua: facing p. 192
Mounted soldier of Dikoa: facing p. 196
Kakami, Kachella of Konduga: facing p. 197
"Béhagle's Moument": facing p. 202
Rabeh's Palace: facing p. 203
Review of his troops by the Shehu of Dikoa: facing p. 206
Sanda, Shehu of Dikoa: facing p. 210
Yamera, the Queen Mother: facing p. 211
A travelling Mallam: facing p. 266
A view of Abechir: facing p. 267
The expedition met by a chief with an escort from the Sultan of Abechir: facing p. 270
Assil, Sultan of Abechir: facing p. 276
The Sultan's Palace: facing p. 277
Map showing Boyd Alexander's Route: facing p. 288
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