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of Avhich he diligently profited, to itudy and note down the characteristics and social habits of many of the races of men that make up the heterogeneous population of the Ottoman Empire."

Under the sanction of such high authority, the translator ventured to think that an Enjrlish version of Mr. Werne's work would not prove unacceptable to the readers of the " Traveller's Library," and he now offers these African Wanderings to the public.