PREFACE. vU 
queftion, and all the miracles of antiquity, of dog- 
headed nations, and men with tails, will be de- 
fcribed, with their Htuation, habits, and paftimes. 
But their defcriptions, when given without the 
fmalleft appearance of interefted views, if verified 
on the fpot, are conftantly found defedive or 
erroneous. 
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The writer is aware, that when the length of the 
time he pafled in Dar-Fur is confidered, the fhort 
account here given will appear, to perfons accuf- 
tomed to the bufy fcenes of Europe, but very im- 
perfedly to fill up the void. Confiding, however, 
that thofe of more refledion and experience in tra- 
velling, will be better pleafed with a fhort and clear 
narrative of what really happened, than by frivolous 
anecdotes or remarks, inferted merely to fwell the 
fize of the volume, he has contented himfelf with 
extracting from his journal the principal occurrences 
during his refidence there, and giving them the con- 
nedion required; at the fame time omitting nothing 
that could any way contribute to throw light on 
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