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Excerpt from The Land of the Pigmies, Vol. 1 Captain Burrows's book possesses several merits. In the first place it is brief, and gives us a very good idea of the lands haunted by the Pigmies, as well as of the characteristics of the larger aborigines, some of whom, it appears, have qualities that must prove of great value when their savagery has been softened by greater intercourse with the whites. What the Congo State has been doing in the countries bordering the Well , or how it is progressing in its work of clearing the darkness and mystery that have so long shrouded them, seems to be a secondary matter. Of his marches and countermarches he says little, the incidents of his daily life he leaves untold, and of his hunting exploits, harassments, fevers, feelings and emotions he is unusually shy. Captain Burrows has pre ferred to treat only of the natives and their ways, and I am bound to admit that I found his book so interesting that I read it through at a sitting. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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