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First edition, published posthumously, the author having been killed in action during the Boer War.

Wellby’s ‘qualities were such that he obtained the full regard and friendship, not only of all the Europeans whom he met in Abyssinia, but also of the Emperor Menelik. Through the kindness of the latter, he obtained leave to travel through every part of his dominions, and on the 18th December 1898, he started, without any white companion, on the journey of exploration described in this book, through unknown parts of Abyssinia and through “the devil-infested country of Walamo,” to Lake Rudolf, whence he passed on to the Sobat, at Fort Nasser coming in touch with the Anglo-Egyptian forces after a hazardous journey of seven months’ (Introduction).

Czech p. 171; Pankhurst 96.

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