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STANLEY
IN
AFRICA.
WONDERFUL DISCOVERIES
AND
THRILLING ADVENTURES
OF
THE GREAT AFRICAN EXPLORER
AND OTHER
TRAVELERS, PIONEERS AND MISSIONARIES.
ENGRAVINGS, COLORED PLATES AND MAPS
JAMES P. BOYD, A.M.
“Life of Gen. U. S. Grant,” etc.
Toronto, Canada.
BY
James P. Boyd.
INTRODUCTION.
A volume of travel, exploration and adventure is never withoutinstruction and fascination for old and young. There is that within usall which ever seeks for the mysteries which are bidden behind mountains,closeted in forests, concealed by earth or sea, in a word, which areenwrapped by Nature. And there is equally that within us which is touchedmost sensitively and stirred most deeply by the heroism which hascharacterized the pioneer of all ages of the world and in every field ofadventure.
How like enchantment is the story of that revelation which the NewAmerica furnished the Old World! What a spirit of inquiry and exploit itopened! How unprecedented and startling, adventure of every kind became!What thrilling volumes tell of the hardships of daring navigators or ofthe perils of brave and dashing landsmen! Later on, who fails to readwith the keenest emotion of those dangers, trials and escapes whichenveloped the intrepid searchers after the icy secrets of the Poles, orconfronted those who would unfold the tale of the older civilizations andof the ocean’s island spaces.
Though the directions of pioneering enterprise change, yet more and moreman searches for the new. To follow him, is to write of the wonderful.Again, to follow him is to read of the surprising and the thrilling. Noprior history of discovery has ever exceeded in vigorous entertainmentand startling interest that which centers in “The Dark Continent” and hasfor its most distinguished hero, Henry M. Stanley. His coming and goingin the untrodden and hostile wilds of Africa, now to rescue the strandedpioneers of other nationalities, now to explore the unknown waters ofa mighty and unique system, now to teach cannibal tribes respect fordecency and law, and now to map for the first time with any degree ofaccuracy, the limits of new dynasties, make up a volume of surpassingmoment and peculiar fascination.
All the world now turns to Africa as the scene of th