Introduction
Along the coast
Up the Ogun
In native homes
The story of Crowther
In a native caravan
An African despot
Our first dwelling
Some beasts and insects
Life and language
Superstitions
Polygamy
Some African maladies
Hunting
Mental solitude
Waylaid and captured
Flight from Ebaddan
Home again
Opening battles around Ejahyay
Worshipping the dead prince
Leaving the doomed city
Partial civilization
Love letters
A narrow escape
The human sacrifice
The stolen child
Improvements
Cast among robbers
The colony of Lagos.