ABSTRACT
A volume of the transactions of the Society, communications respecting the Interior of Africa, as might be collected on inquiry from British Consuls; who had passed with the caravans on religious pilgrimage, in different directions between Mecca and the various and remote stations of Mahomedans in Africa. By Mr. Mungo Park's discoveries, a gate is opened to every commercial nation to enter and trade from the west to the eastern extremity of Africa. The navigable parts of the rivers Gambia and Niger are not so far distant, but that great facilities of trade may thence be derived, aided by the establishment of intermediate stations and points of intercourse. The compilation of various information’s respecting Africa had thus an intrinsic value, as affording premises of inquiry, and as giving encouragement and direction to adventure. The Society, with that persevering spirit which ever distinguishes manly minds, engaged on sound principles, and for noble purposes, or the failure of another.
