-^ A III hoi's Preface 



Without C;i|)l;iln Mcrkcr's \aliial)l(' " CxiktI " adx'Icc; I 

 should hardly h.ivc hccMi ahK; to cavvv out my journeys; 

 and (hii'iuL;' my s('vcro ilhicss in i<)()2 he look some 

 c'apital photographs with my tclcpholo-hais, live, ol 

 which arc inchidcd in diis work. 



\)y. I^-L^vk Dr. C.roolhutcu, and \)r. Phihips, I Icrr 

 Warnholl/ and I Icrr Meyer, I'rolessor Schwcmlurlh, 

 I )r. kichard Kant, and Messrs. Louis l)raemann, hClix 

 Schiill, Allrcd Kaiser, C_ . W. Ilohlcy, and Tomkins (to 

 whose L;'real kmdness I hav<; relcrrcd on p. 672), and 

 Captain von d<r Warvvitz have- also cirncd my !j;ratitude 

 in \^ala"ous ways. 



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In s|)ile ot m\' hest cndcaNours, this work will he 



found to have man\ laults : I can onl\ hope dial my 



r<-adcrs will lu- m(i'( ilul Ui ilicm. I Imd pholo^iMphinj^ 



lions an (.:asier matter than wrilin^ kooks ' 



C. G. SLllllddNCS. 



GiiKZi'.Mi II i:ki 1)1 Ki-.N, (Jkkmanv. 



Ndti;. -'i'h.inks air due Ikuii tin- liaiislalor to Mr. W. von 

 KnoIiLincli, ulm li;is kindls' icail llir piools for him; and lo Mr. K. 

 l.ydckkcr, who h;i,s revised ihc spcdlinn of :ill die /ocdo^ica! and 

 geograijliical luune.s. 



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