Excerpt from Through the Dark Continent, Vol. 1: Or the Sources of the Nile Around the Great Lakes of Equatorial Africa and Down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean That the rule Of my conduct in Africa has not been understood by all, I know to my bitter cost; but with my conscience at ease, and the simple record Of my daily actions, which I now publish, to speak for me, this misunderstanding on the part of a few presents itself to me only as one more harsh experience Of life. And those who read my book will know that I have indeed had a sharp apprehension and keen intelligence Of many such experiences. With reference to the illustrations, I should mention that I carried a photographic apparatus with me across the Continent, and so long as my dry plates held out I never lost an Opportunity Of Obtaining a good view, and when my plates were used up I found the reflection Of the scenes on the ground glass Of my camera an invaluable aid to my unpractised pencil. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.