X PREFACE.

stances, which will be fully developed in the

sequel. I shall say nothing of my sufferings

and privations ; but after all I have witnessed, I

feel deeply impressed with the generous senti-

ments and wishes of his Majesty's Government

towards all who need their aid, and I entertain

a fervent hope that to future travellers in Africa my humble endeavours may prove a source of more ample success than it has fallen to my lot

to achieve.

I cannot conclude, without regretting the

premature death of my friend and companion

Staff Surgeon Dochard, who but a few months

after my return from Africa, fell a victim to the

consequences of the sufferings and privations he

endured on the missions under the command of

Major Peddie, Captain Campbell, and myself.

I particularly felt the want of that assistance in

preparing our several notes for the press, which

he was so fully able to afford me. The importance

of his notes have not, however, been altogether

lost, though they are still deprived of much of

that value which his reconsideration would no

doubt have imparted to them. Such as he left

them, they are faithfully preserved, and have

been used in the narrative with the same atten-

tion as my own.

\V. GRAY, Major.