TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES AMONG THE LAKES AND MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN. & CENTRAL AFRICA. FROM THE JOURNALS OF THE LATE J. FREDERIC ELTON, F.R.G.S., H.B.M. CONSUL AT MOZAMBIQUE. LATE OF THE 98TH REGT., AND A.D.C. TO LORD STRATHNAIRN. EDITED AND COMPLETED BY H. B. COTTERILL. WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 1879. [The right of Translation is reserved.] Dedication. TO COL. THE HON. WENMAN CLARENCE WALPOLE COKE, &c. &c. &c. GUARDS CLUB. MY DEAR COKE, Will you accept the dedication of this Work in friendly recollection of the long chats over East Africa we used to enjoy by our camp fires in Zulu-land in 1871, and as a recognition of your continued interest in Africa? Perhaps you may think I should rather have first written of the Matabele country, Zulu-land, and the Limpopo River - of prospecting for gold and African sport. I began to write on these subjects, but as I got further into my task I realised that any work touching upon the Slave Trade demanded a completely separate treatment, and therefore I commenced afresh from Mozambique and Zanzibar. Yours very sincerely, F. ELTON. b |