Books of Travel, Sport, and Adventure. 15 



THROUGH UNKNOWN AFRICAN COUNTRIES. 



The First Expedition from Somaliland to Lake 

 Rudolf and Lamu. 



A Narrative of Scientific Exploration and Sporting Adventures. 

 By A. DONALDSON SMITH, M.D., F.R.G.S. 



With nearly thirty full-page Plates and numerous smaller Illustrations by 



A. D. McCoRMiCK, CHARLES WHYMPER, etc., and detailed Maps 



of the countries traversed. 



Super royal 8vo., One Guinea net. 



1 Will be of the greatest interest to sportsman, traveller, and man of science.' Pall Mall Gazette. 



' Since the publication of Stanley's " Across the Dark Continent," there has been no work of 



African travel equal, in scientific importance and thrilling interest, to Dr. Donaldson Smith's book. 



sportsmen will find in its pages a wealth of exciting incidents rarely equalled in similar works. 1 St. 

 J 'antes 's Gazette. 



SOLDIERING AND SURVEYING IN BRITISH EAST 

 AFRICA, 1891-1894. 



An Account of the Survey for the Uganda Railway, and the various 

 Campaigns in the British Protectorate during the last few years. 



By Major J. R. MACDONALD, R.E. 



Illustrated from Sketches and Photographs by the Author and numerous 

 Plans and a Map. 



Demy 8vo., i6s. 



' No country in the world has had greater need of an impartial historian than Uganda, and, strange 

 to say, though the bitter feelings engendered by the struggles of the past ten years have not had time 

 to cool, one has been found among the actors in these stormy scenes Major Macdonald. . . . No 

 one who reads this exciting book of adventuie can regret that we are spending .3,000,000 on the 

 railway. Major Macdonald writes with considerable literary and historical skill, and his sketches 

 and maps are all excellent.' Pall Mall Gazette. 



The illustrations from photographs and sketches are better than any we have seen of this part of 

 the Dark Continent, and the maps are distinctly good.' Daily Chronicle. 



' A well written and useful addition to our knowledge of Uganda.' Literature. 



MEMORIES OF THE MONTHS. 



Leaves from a Field Naturalist's Note-book. 



By the Right Hon. Sir HERBERT MAXWELL, Bart., M.P. 

 Crown 8vo., with four Photogravure Illustrations, 6s. 



1 It is a very long time since we have read so pleasant a book as this.' Daily Chronicle. 

 ' Most agreeably and freshly written. 1 Field. 



' The easy style, the graphic descriptions of bird-life, and of the ways of beasts and fishes, the clever 

 sketches oi sport, the happy introductions of plant-lore and of fragments of myth and legend, will 

 ensure a warm welcome for this delightful volume.' Daily News. 



' Charming in language, and at the same time so varied in character that they never 

 tedious. ' A tketifuvt. 



