[The West African negroes][The black man is raised above the white man][Richard inaugurates a better state of things][Method of protecting the negro][Teaching fair treatment for the negro][West African gold].

[CHAPTER XVII.]

HIS FIRST LEAVE.

[We sail for West Africa][We land at Madeira][Yellow fever][The peak of Teneriffe][I return home][Richard sent as H.M.'s Commissioner to Dahomè][Dahomè and Richard's travels][His travels, business, etc., on the West Coast].

[CHAPTER XVIII.]

HOME.

[Speke's death][Some lines I wrote on Richard and Speke][Richard's "Stone Talk"][Gaiety][Winwood Reade—We go to Ireland][Richard and Sir Bernard Burke][Bianconi][The anthropological farewell dinner][Lord Derby's speech as chairman][Richard returns thanks][He speaks his mind about the Nile].

[CHAPTER XIX.]

SANTOS, SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL—RICHARD'S SECOND CONSULATE.