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Second Edition now ready a 6 all Libraries and Booksellers ' . \ One Volume , demy 8 vo . with 2 Maps and numerous Full-Page and smaller Woodcnt Illustrations , price One Guinea . THROUGH MASAI LAND : * A Journey of Exploration among the Snowclad Volcanic Mountains and Strangre Tribes of Eastern Equatorial Africa . Being the Narrative of the Royal Geographical Society ' s Expedition to Mount Kenia and "Lake Victoria Nyanza , 1883-1884 . By JOSEPH THOMSON , F . R . G . S ., Leader of the Expedition , Author of ' To the Central African Lakes and Back . ' PBESS OZFIHSTTOILTS . THE TIMES . Thomson volume ' It is would marked has done indeed by , and all be the difficult have best come qualities to find out another of of it its ali man predecessors ve and who with could stainless have Certainl gon hands e y , through so . far The as what present novelty Mr . publication is concerned of , we Mr have . Stanl had ey ' nothing s " Through from the Africa Dark to Con compare tinent . with " Mr the . Th present omson volume has been since able the to well hunting open as up mi exp and ghty loits shed hunters , which broad he to day tells Masai light so on Land well a region , are sure previousl Altogether in themselves y absolutel he has to y attract done unknown a readers solid piece Mr to . his of Thomson work book as of ' s unusual scientific value / THE ATHENAEUM . Masai 'To Lan Mr d , . from Thomso , the foot n , therefore of Kilimanjaro , belongs to the Kavi credit rondo , of on having the shores first of crossed the Victori the a whole Nyanza of . v of a And Stan our if ley own his , it journey days is yet could one cannot of have the rank undertaken most with remarkable the far more , The fruitful extensive illustration , and daring exp s which lorations which accompany of an a African Livingstone this exp volume lorer or . are scenery numerous and the , and peop , being le . ' taken from photographs , can be trusted as true delineaments of the THE PALL MALL GAZETTE . * It is quite impossible within our space to do justice to Mr . Thomson ' s " Through Masai Land volume . " is Mr equally Thomson deligh is tfu a l to young the geograp explorer her , of , the wonderfu sportsman l p , luck and , ta the ct , general and resource reader . , while His it " savage contains s " ) some and their matter customs for . the ' student of " nature folk" ( if we must not use the word THE ST . JAMES'S GAZETTE . auspices ' Mr . of Thomson the Royal , in his Geograp preface hical to this Society most , deprecates interesting criticism record of of his his work travels as under a literary the the p that erformance equal score of ; . whilo any His African , for book endurance has explorer little , of pluck reason our , and time to coolness tear com He parison in may most boast with trying of any circumstances a si most milar creditable publication , he is feat quite on of .. ; exploration , and of an extremely interesting account of it . ' ; , . . i ; ; ¦ : London : SAMPSON C & rown LOW Buildings , MARSTO , 188 Fleet N , Street SEARLE , E . G . , & RIVINGTON , 11

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