xii FOREWORD 



part of two nights reading the proof-sheets of Col. 

 Patterson's book, and I can assure him that the 

 time passed like magic. My interest was held from 

 the first page to the last, for I felt that every word 

 I read was true. 



F. C. SELOUS. 

 WORPLESDON, SURREY. 

 September 18, 1907. 



