A journal of my tour in the Congo Free State

This journal is practically my Diary reproduced with the minimum of editing in order that the impressions gained on the spot should be described without modifica- tion. It was never intended for publication, and was written only as an aid to memory. Consequently it is little more than a collection of rough notes. Having left England with a prejudice against the Government of the Congo Free State and returned with a very strong feeling in its favour, I feel however that it is my duty to publish an account of what I did see for the benefit of those whose opinions are not already formed beyond recall.