VALLEY EXPLORING PARTY ***


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OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE NIGER VALLEY EXPLORING PARTY

by

MARTIN R DELANY

Published 1861







_Contents_


  Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party


    Section I. Political Movements                                    229

   Section II. Succeeding Conventions                                 234

  Section III. History of the Project                                 236

   Section IV. Arrival and Reception in Liberia                       254

    Section V. Liberia--Climate, Soil,
               Productions, etc.                                      263

   Section VI. Diseases--Cause--Remedy                                278

  Section VII. The Interior--Yoruba                                   284

 Section VIII. Topography, Climate, etc.                              288

   Section IX. Diseases of