Foreword 



siams to his readers and to make them see with his 

 eyes the scenes depicted. Little incidents too are 

 quickly seized upon and made to contribute to the 

 joys of "safari." The ways of the natives afford a 

 never-ending source of amusement and apprecia- 

 tion ; they are pictured as children never grown 

 up, of imperturbable good humour and high spirits; 

 they sing, dance, and chatter, contented with little, 

 happy and careless as the day is long. 



Going to South America for the benefit of his 

 health just as he had placed his book in the 

 publishers' hands, the author asked me to edit it, 

 correct the proofs, and write a foreword. I have 

 thus had an opportunity of reading the book 

 carefully, and am able confidently to recommend 

 to the public a work so pleasantly written and so 

 admirably illustrated. 



Owing to the distance of the author from 

 London, I have had to take some responsibility 

 in dealing with questions which have arisen in 

 the course of seeing the book through the press, 

 and should errors have crept in I must hope that 

 the indulgence of the reader will be extended 

 to me. 



ROBT. H. VETCH. 



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