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THE
LAKE REGIONS OF CENTRAL AFRICA
VOL. I.


LONDON
PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO.
NEW-STREET SQUARE


THE IVORY PORTER.


THE
LAKE REGIONS OF CENTRAL AFRICA
A PICTURE OF EXPLORATION

BY
RICHARD F. BURTON
Capt. H. M. I. Army: Fellow and Gold Medallist of the Royal Geographical Society


Some to discover islands far away”—Shakspere


IN TWO VOLUMES
VOL. I.

LONDON
LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, AND ROBERTS
1860

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TO
MY SISTER,
MARIA STISTED,
THESE PAGES ARE AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED