"I profess accurately to describe naked Africa—Africa in those places where it has not received the slightest impulse,…"

"To say a negro is incapable of instruction, is a mere absurdity; for those few boys who have been educated in our sch…"

"The prowling, restless elephant, ... though rarely seen, leaves indications of his nocturnal excursions in every wild…"

"The gruff hippopotamus is ... found wherever there is water to float him; whilst the shy giraffe and zebra affect all…"

"[I]f I ever travel again, I shall trust to none but natives, as the climate of Africa is too trying to foreigners."

"The expedition had now performed its functions. I saw that old father Nile without any doubt rises in the Victoria Ny…"

"A man can build a staunch reputation for honesty by admitting he was in error, especially when he gets caught at it."

"Use Enough Gun"

"This is a book about Africa in which I have tried to avoid most of the foolishness, personal heroism, and general exa…"

"A man and a gun and a star and a beast are still ponderable in a world of imponderables. The essence of the simple po…"