THROUGH THE DARK CONTINENT.

After Walery.] Frontispiece. H. M. STANLEY.

THROUGH THE

DARK CONTINENT

OR

THE SOURCES OF THE NILE

AROUND THE GREAT LAKES OF EQUATORIAL AFRICA

AND DOWN THE LIVINGSTONE RIVER

TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN

BY

HENRY M. STANLEY

AUTHOR OF “IN DARKEST AFRICA,” “HOW I FOUND LIVINGSTONE,”

“MY KALULU,” ETC.

MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS

With a New Preface by the Author, written for this Edition.

VOL. I.

LONDON: GEORGE NEWNES, Limited

SOUTHAMPTON STREET, STRAND

1899

IRE-ISSUE

BY ARRANGEMENT WITH MESSRS. SAMPSON LOW,

MARSTON AND COMPANY, LTD.

Dedication.

THE HEARTY ENCOURAGEMENT AND LIBERAL MEANS WHICH ENABLED ME

TO PERFORM THE MISSION ENTRUSTED TO ME,

OF EXPLORING THE DARK CONTINENT OF AFRICA AND SOLVING MANY INTERESTING

GEOGRAPHICAL PROBLEMS,

AND TO FITTINGLY REWARD THE FAITHFUL SURVIVORS,

INDUCE ME TO MAKE PUBLIC MY DEEP PERSONAL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS,

BY DEDICATING THIS WORK, WHICH RECORDS ITS RESULTS, TO THE

PROMOTERS OF THE ENTERPRISE,

Mr. J. M. LEVY AND Mr. EDWARD L. LAWSON,

Proprietors of the ‘Daily Telegraph,’

AND

Mr. JAMES GORDON BENNETT,

Proprietor of the ‘New York Herald,’

AND IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE GREAT AND CONSTANT INTEREST MANIFESTED

BY HIM IN THE SUCCESS OF THE UNDERTAKING, I MUST

BE PERMITTED TO ADD THE NAME OF

Mr. EDWIN ARNOLD, C.S.I., AND F.R.G.S.

WITHOUT THE PATRONAGE, FULL CONFIDENCE, AND CORDIAL SYMPATHY OF

THESE GENTLEMEN I SHOULD HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO ACCOMPLISH

THE TASK NOW HAPPILY COMPLETED.

H. M. STANLEY.

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