BY

HY RIDER HAGGARD/S-

AUTHOR OF

"KING SOLOMON'S MINES," "DAWN," THE WITCH'S HEAD," "SHE,"

"ALLAN QUATERMAIN," ETC.

WITH SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS

LONDON

SPENCER BLACKETT

Successor to J. & R. Marwell

MILTON HOUSE, 35 ST. BRIDE STREET, E.C.

1888

[All Rights Reserved]

IN

RECOLLECTION OF MUCH COURTESY AND KINDNESS

I

(WITHOUT PERMISSION)

Dedicate

THIS SOLEMN AND VERACIOUS NARRATIVE

ΤΟ

ALL MY LEARNED FRIENDS OF THE

PROBATE BAR