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 THESE VOLUMES, WHICH RECORD ITS RESULTS,
TO THE PROMOTERS OF THE ENTERPRISE,
MR. J. M. LEVY am) MR. EDWARD L. LAWSON,
P r o p r i e t o r s o f t h e ‘ D a i l y T e l e g r a p h ,’
a n d j
MR. JAMES GORDON BENNETT,
P r o p r i e t o r o f t h e ‘ N e w Y o r k H e r a l d ,’
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. a m ) 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.
