5íí>tíatt0n, 
TH» HEXKTT »ÄCOURAOEMKNT Alf» LIBERAL HEAHS WHICH EKABLF.D H» 
TO PERrOBM THE MISBIOH ESTRD8TED TO ME, 
Of EXPLORING THE DARK CONTINENT OF AFRICA AND SOLVING MANX INTEREST NG 
GEOGRAPHICAL PROBLEMS, 
AND TO FITTINGLT REWARD THE FAITHFUL SURVIVORS, 
INDUCE MB TO MAKE PUBLIC MX DEEP PERSONAL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, 
BX DEDICATING THIS WORK, WHICH RECORDS ITS RESULTS, TO THE 
PROMOTERS OF THE ENTERPRISE, 
MR. J. M. LEVY AND MR. EDWARD L. LAWSON, 
Propri^tort qf the • Daily Telegraphy* 
AND 
Mr. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, 
Proprietor «if the ‘Ifew York Herald’ 
AND IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE GREAT AND CONSTANT INTEREST MANIFESTED 
BX HIM IN THE SUCCESS OF THE UNDERTAKING, I MUST 
BE PERMITTED TO ADD THE NAME OF 
• MR. EDWIN ARNOLD, C.S.I. and F.R.G.S. 
wnrnouT the patronage, full^ægnfidencf., and cordial stmpatht of 
XUESB GENTLEMEN I SHOULD HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO ACCOMPLISH 
THE TASK NOW UAPPILX COMPLETED. 
H. M. STANLEY.