THE MISSION
OR
SCENES IN AFRICA

_WRITTEN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE_

BY
CAPTAIN MARRYAT
AUTHOR OF "FRANK MILDMAY," "PERCIVAL KEENE," "PHANTOM SHIP," "DOG
FIEND," "JACOB FAITHFUL," "POACHER," ETC., ETC.

_WITH ILLUSTRATIONS_


GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS
LONDON: BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL
NEW YORK: 9 LAFAYETTE PLACE

[Illustration: THE ONWARD MARCH.--_Front_. P. 226.]


CONTENTS.


CHAPTER I.

Account of Sir Charles Wilmot--Loss of the Grosvenor--Sir
Charles's doubts respecting the Survival of his Wife and
Children--Alexander Wilmot--His Character--The Newspaper
Paragraph--Details of the Wreck of the Grosvenor--Surmises