PEEFACE 



The following account of the exploring and liunting expedition 

 of Count Samuel Teleki von Szek during 1887 and 1888 in 

 Eastern Equatorial Africa is written for the general reading- 

 public, and deals rather with the adventures and experiences 

 met with, than with the scientific observations taken. The 

 results of these observations are given in different separate 

 treatises and in various scientific journals, which maybe looked 

 upon as supplementary to the present volume. 



I must, however, be allowed to express here my deep grati- 

 tude to the distinguished patrons and sympathetic friends who 

 did so much to further the success of our undertaking, and 

 above all to His Excellency Admiral Maximilian Daublebsky, 

 Baron von Sterneck zu Ehrenstein, for the loan of valuable 

 scientific instruments ; to His Excellency the German Yice- 

 Admiral Baron von Knorr, then commanding a squadron in 

 East African waters, for his influential furtherance of our 

 wishes ; to General Lloyd Matthews in Zanzibar for his 

 thorough and efficient co-operation at the beginning of our 

 enterprise ; to the German Consul in Aden, Mr. Victor Escher, 



