Travels and explorations in Yorubaland 1854 – 1858

From Ijaye to Ede via Iware, Ara, Ara and Ilobu—Ede and its environs—With the Timi of Ede—Interview with Ede Mohammedans—Egungun (Masquerade) and Politics in Ede—From Ede to Osogbo via Ido Qsun—The Ibadan Ajele (Consul) in Osogbo—The Sierra Leonean George and his ‘history’ of the Yoruba wars—From Ede to Ilesa via Oke Bode and Ara—At Ilesa—Protocol and court etiquette at the Owa’s palace—Roads and building styles of Ilesa— Difference between the Oyo Yoruba and the Ijesa—Ibadan expansion to Ijesa—Journey from Ilesa to Ila via Osogbo, Ikirun, Ire and Otan—The decline of Ila, capital of lgbomma —Departure from Ila—Journey through Ofa—Qfa and its environs—At Ilorin again—Journey from Ilorin through Nupe country—On the River Niger with the crew of Baikie’s Expedition—Crowther and the genesis of evangelization in the Niger region – Journey from the River Niger via Ilorin to Ijaye.