BEING THE NARRATIVE OF A TOUR IN EQUATORIAL, SOUTHWESTERN, AND NORTHWESTERN AFRICA; WITH NOTES ON THE HABITS OF THE GORILLA; ON THE EXISTENCE OF UNICORNS AND TAILED MEN; ON THE SLAVE-TRADE; ON THE ORIGIN, CHARACTER, AND CAPABILITIES OF THE NEGRO, AND ON THE FUTURE CIVILIZATION OF WESTERN AFRICA. BY W. WINWOOD READE, FELLOW OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETIES OF LONDON, AND CORRESPONDING With Illustrations and a Map. “Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education."—Bacon. NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE. 1864. DEDICATION. ΤΟ MESSRS. WILLIAM WALKER, OF THE GABOON; J. P. MACKEY, OF CORISCO; THOMAS MILLER, OF ST. VINCENT'S ; AUGUSTE RAPET, OF THE CASEMANCHE; CHARLES PRIMET, OF THE GAMBIA ; AND TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE EDMUND GABRIEL, OF LOANDA, FROM WHOM I RECEIVED SO MUCH GENEROUS ASSISTANCE AND SO MANY ACTS OF FRIENDSHIP. |