“Macgregor Laird’s private Journal Commencing 12th October 1832” and continued until 12 January 1833; opening: “At anchor of [sic] Cape Coast Castle Mr Lander came on board at 4 P.M. & gave us orders to weigh & make sail in company with the Columbia & Alburkah…”, and concluding: “…we have been aground & afloat for 18 days during which time I have suffered more anxiety than I ever did before as we were frequently in situations of great danger, had a slight attack of fever in the evening, sweated it off partially”, containing an account of his expedition with Richard Lander up the Niger in the iron vessel the Alburkah (“…The country all round seems to be an immense Swamp overgrown with Mangrove Cabbage & Palm Trees & from its appearance must be very unhealthy every morning the vapour arises from the Woods more like the smoke of a wood fire than anything else I can compare it to…Went ashore at 7 A.M. to pay a visit to our fat friend & to survey the town – landed about the centre of the Town & called upon the old lady, after chatting & eating a goora nut together she went out to collect some eggs for us & we proceeded to pay a morning call to King Obrie, were hospitably received by his majesty who presented us with a fowl & some Plantans, returning through the Town met the devil (white of course) carrying a skull covered with blood before him & followed by about 100 fellows armed with all manner of instruments from a Penknife to a Musket his satanic majesty was particularly civil to us probably considering us bretheren…”); together with five bifolia (ten pages), on paper watermarked 1833, apparently part of the manuscript of Laird and Oldfield’s Narrative of an expedition into the interior of Africa by the River Niger in the steam vessels Quorra and Alburka in 1832, 1833 and 1834 (1837), the journal approximately 50 pages, folio, on paper watermarked ‘John Livesey 1831’, paper wrappers inscribed by Laird (quoted above), numbered on cover in ballpoint, some minor wear and spotting but overall in good and sound condition, folio, River Niger, Africa, 1832
“Macgregor Laird’s private Journal Commencing 12th October 1832” and continued until 12 January 1833; opening: “At anchor of [sic] Cape Coast Castle Mr Lander came on board at 4 P.M. & gave us orders to weigh & make sail in company with the Columbia & Alburkah…”, and concluding: “…we have been aground & afloat for 18 days during which time I have suffered more anxiety than I ever did before as we were frequently in situations of great danger, had a slight attack of fever in the evening, sweated it off partially”, containing an account of his expedition with Richard Lander up the Niger in the iron vessel the Alburkah (“…The country all round seems to be an immense Swamp overgrown with Mangrove Cabbage & Palm Trees & from its appearance must be very unhealthy every morning the vapour arises from the Woods more like the smoke of a wood fire than anything else I can compare it to…Went ashore at 7 A.M. to pay a visit to our fat friend & to survey the town – landed about the centre of the Town & called upon the old lady, after chatting & eating a goora nut together she went out to collect some eggs for us & we proceeded to pay a morning call to King Obrie, were hospitably received by his majesty who presented us with a fowl & some Plantans, returning through the Town met the devil (white of course) carrying a skull covered with blood before him & followed by about 100 fellows armed with all manner of instruments from a Penknife to a Musket his satanic majesty was particularly civil to us probably considering us bretheren…”); together with five bifolia (ten pages), on paper watermarked 1833, apparently part of the manuscript of Laird and Oldfield’s Narrative of an expedition into the interior of Africa by the River Niger in the steam vessels Quorra and Alburka in 1832, 1833 and 1834 (1837), the journal approximately 50 pages, folio, on paper watermarked ‘John Livesey 1831’, paper wrappers inscribed by Laird (quoted above), numbered on cover in ballpoint, some minor wear and spotting but overall in good and sound condition, folio, River Niger, Africa, 1832
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