XXil INTRODUCTION.

With regard to the orthography of native names and places, Mr. Ravenstein has made it agree throughout the whole book,

and the method of spelling recommended by the Royal Geo-

graphical Society has been followed. He has also provided a

glossary in conjunction with the index, which not only gives

the meaning of many native expressions, but the latitude and

longitude of the places mentioned. ‘This adds greatly to the

value of the book to future travellers and explorers.

Dr. Gustav Hartlaub of Bremen has appended a note to the German edition, giving his opinion of the services which Emin

has rendered to zoology. I quote a few passages from it. He

says :—‘ The amount of work which Emin Pasha has performed

in making zoological collections, observations, and notes, is

astonishing in the highest degree. It could only have been performed by a man whose heart was aglow with the pure fire

of scientific instinct, with enthusiastic, absolutely unselfish love

of Nature, and with an irresistible impulse to add to the know-

ledge of her treasures to the full extent of his powers. Hmin

was able to turn this impulse into action, notwithstanding the

pressure of difficult surrounding circumstances, and the many and varied duties which his high position compelled him to

fulfil:

“The thousands of splendidly prepared skins, chiefly his own work, which Hmin Pasha has either sent to Hurope or

Ladé to Makraka-Sugaire and back, August 1880. Lad6é to Laboré, Fadibék, Fatiko, Fauvera, and Panyatoli (Anfina’s), and back to Fatiko and Waddelai, September 25 to November 28, 1880.

Gondokéro to Lattika, Agaru, Fadibék, Fajilli, Obbo, and Laboré, March 31 to May 26, 1881.

Ladé to the mudwié of Rol (Rumbék) and eos el-Hassan, and back, September 15 to December 15, 1881. To Khartam, March to June 1882. Beden to Janda, Kabayendi, Ombamba, Gosa, Manda, Makrakd-Sugaire, Wandi, and Ladd, October 9 to December 5, 1882.

Ladé to the Monbuttu country and back, May 7 to October 15, 1883. Lad6é to Wddelai (arrived July 10, 1885). Navigation of Lake Albert and first exploration of the Dueru River, August to October 1886.

Second exploration of the Dueru, February or March 1887, Visit to King Kabréga at Mpara, May 1887.—E. G. R.