APPENDIX A 



I WISH to thank Sir Edward Grey and Lord Crewe for the numerous 

 courtesies extended to me by the British officials throughout the British 

 possessions in Africa ; and M. Renkin for the equal courtesy shown me 

 by the Belgian officials in the Lado. 



The scientific part of the expedition could not have been undertaken 

 save for the generous assistance of Mr. Andrew Carnegie, Mr. Oscar 

 Straus, Mr. Leigh Hunt, and certain others, to all of whom lovers of nat- 

 ural history are therefore deeply indebted. 



I owe more than I can express to the thoughtful and unwearied con- 

 sideration of Mr. F. C. Selous and Mr. E. N. Buxton, through whom my 

 excellent outfit was obtained. 



Mr. R. J. Cuninghame, assisted in East Africa by Mr. Leslie J. Tarl- 

 ton, managed the expedition in the field; and no two better men for our 

 purposes could have been found anywhere. I doubt if Mr. Cuninghame's 

 equal in handling such an expedition as ours exists; I know no one else 

 who combines as he does the qualities which make a first-class explorer, 

 guide, hunter, field-naturalist and safari manager. Messrs. Newland 

 and Tarlton, of Nairobi, did the actual work of providing and arranging 

 for our whole journey in the most satisfactory manner. 





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