TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE 



IN translating Dr. Schillings's work my endeavor has 

 ])een to adhere as closely as possible to the original, 

 in order to preserve the freshness and virility of the 

 author's touch, and to show how quick his resources 

 in positions of grave danger, and how his indomitable 

 courage and ingenuity enabled him to overcome appar- 

 ently insurmountable obstacles. I have taken the 

 liberty of omitting certain portions of the narrative 

 that were somewhat in the nature of repetitions, or of 

 little interest to American readers, but I have preserved 

 faithfully all that was vital and essential in the story 

 of his marvellous adventures while studying the habits 

 of the animals of the African wilderness. 



Henry Zick 



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