PREFACE. 
HE notes which form the ground-work 
of these volumes have long been kept 
in the obscurity of manuscript: my 
studies of South America, of Syria 
and Palestine, of Iceland, and of I stria, left me 
scant time for the labour of preparation. Leisure 
and opportunity have now offered themselves, and 
I avail myself of them in the hope that the publi¬ 
cation will be found useful to more than one class 
of readers. The many who take an interest in 
the life of barbarous peoples may not be dis¬ 
pleased to hear more about the F&n ; and the few 
who would try a fall with Mister Gorilla can learn 
from me how to equip themselves, whence to set 
out and whither to go for the best chance. 
Travelling with M. Paul B. du Chaillu’s “ First 
Expedition ” in my hand, I jealously looked into 
every statement, and his numerous friends will 
be pleased to see how many of his assertions are 
confirmed by my experience. 
The second part is devoted to the Nzadi or 
