Adventures in the far interior of South Africa; including a journey to Lake Ngami, and rambles in Honduras. To which is appended a short treatise on the best mode of skinning and preserving Birds, Animals, etc

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ADVENTUKES IN THE FAK INTEEIOE OF SOUTH AFEICA, 4c. BUSHMEN. BAKALAHARI. BECHUANAS. ADVENTITEES EH THE FAE INTERIOR OF SOUTH AFRICA ISCLUMSU A JOURNEY TO LAKENGAMT AOT RAMBLES IN HONDURAS Tfl wmCB IS APPENDED A SHORT TREATISE OM THE BEST MODE OF SKUs-Ndf, A\n PRESERVING BIRDS, ANIMALS, it, Atso RECEIPTS FOB MAKING PRESERVATIVES BY J. LEYLAND NATURALIST Jonbon GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS LIVERPOOL: EDWARD HOWELL lBri« PEEFACE. Since my return to this country, friends have often pressed me to publish some account of my wanderings in Africa and Central Ame rica. My invariable reply has been, that my journal and notes of incidents would be but trifling in comparison with those already published by travellers and hunters of con siderable fame. It is, therefore, with some reluctance I have been induced to submit the following pages to the public.

I have often travelled over portions of the same regions as Livingstone, Cumming, and others, in the far interior of Africa, and ven tured to wander far from tbe beaten path into the solitary wilds alone, with no companion