172 Return to the River. 
a pleasure, and though we grounded upon the shal¬ 
lows of “ Voileliay Bay,” the Kru-men soon lifted 
the heavy boat; the wind was fair, the tide was 
ebbing, and the strong current was in our favour. 
We reached Glass Town before midday, and after 
five hours, covering some twenty-two direct geo¬ 
graphical miles, I found myself with pleasure under 
the grateful shade of the Factory. It need hardly 
be described, as it is the usual “ bungalow ” of the 
West African shore. 
Twelve days had been expended upon 120 
miles, but I did not regret the loss. A beautiful bit 
of country had been added to my mental Pinaco- 
thek, and I had satisfied my mind to a certain 
extent upon that qucestio , then vexata , the “ Go¬ 
rilla Book.” Even before my trip the ethnolo¬ 
gical part appeared to me trustworthy, and, if not 
original, at any rate borrowed from the best 
sources. My journey assured me, from the speci¬ 
men narrowly scrutinized, that both country and 
people are on the whole correctly described. The 
dates, however, are all in confusion : in the preface 
to the second edition, “October, 1859,” became 
“October, 1858,” and we are told that the excur¬ 
sions were transposed for the simple purpose of 
taking the reader from north to south. As in the 
case of most African travels, when instruments are 
not used, the distances must be reduced: in chapter 
xii. the Shekyani villages are placed sixty miles 
