PREFACE. 
As the Kilima-njaro Expedition was initiated and 
supported by two of the most important among our 
British Scientific Societies, it may perhaps seem ex¬ 
cusable that I, who was its appointed leader, should 
venture to lay the general results of this enterprise 
before the public. 
I do so only in the sincere desire to contribute, 
however feebly, to the mounting sum of our know¬ 
ledge of Africa—that continent, which I look upon as 
the New World of the nineteenth century. 
I cannot conclude these few prefatory lines without 
most heartily thanking every friend or chance ac¬ 
quaintance who by word or deed facilitated my task. 
It is pleasant to look back upon this expedition as 
having been provocative of nothing but kindness. 
While the names of certain of my benefactors are 
mentioned elsewhere in the pages of this work in 
juxtaposition with their good deeds, I think this the 
most fitting place in which to record my special sense 
of obligation to Philip Lutley Sclater, Esq., Ph. D., 
Sec. Zoological Society; Edward L. Lawson, Esq.; 
Edwin Arnold, Esq., C.S.I.; Carmichael Thomas, Esq.; 
