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[Illustration: THE AUTHOR AND HIS GUIDES THREE FAITHFUL
MEN]

THROUGH FIVE REPUBLICS ON HORSEBACK
BEING AN ACCOUNT OF MANY WANDERINGS IN SOUTH
AMERICA
BY
G. WHITFIELD RAY, F. R. G. S. Pioneer Missionary and Government
Explorer
With an Introduction by the Rev. J. G. Brown, D. D. Secretary for the
Foreign Missions of the Canadian Baptist Church
TWELFTH EDITION--REVISED
EVANGELICAL PUBLISHING HOUSE C. HAUSER, Agent
CLEVELAND, OHIO, U. S. A. 1915

[Illustration: SOUTH AMERICA]

PREFACE
The Missionary Review of the World has described South America as
THE DARKEST LAND. That I have been able to penetrate into part of
its unexplored interior, and visit tribes of people hitherto untouched and
unknown, was urged as sufficient reason for the publishing of this work.
In perils oft, through hunger and thirst and fever, consequent on the
many wanderings in unhealthy climes herein recorded, the writer
wishes publicly to record his deep thankfulness to Almighty God for
His unfailing help. If the accounts are used to stimulate missionary

enterprise, and if they give the reader a clearer conception of and fuller
sympathy with the conditions and needs of those South American
countries, those years of travel will not have been in vain.
"Of the making of books there is no end," so when one is acceptably
received, and commands a ready sale, the author is satisfied that his
labor is well repaid. The 4th edition was scarcely dry when the
Consul-General of the Argentine Republic at Ottawa ordered a large
number of copies to send to the members of his Government. Much of
it has been translated into German, and I know not what other
languages. Even the Catholic Register of Toronto has boosted its sale
by printing much in abuse of it, at the same time telling its readers that
the book "sold like hot cakes." A wiser editor would have been discreet
enough not to refer to "Through Five Republics on Horseback." His
readers bought it, and--had their eyes opened, for the statements made
in this work, and the authorities quoted, are unanswerable.
Seeing that there is such an alarming ignorance regarding Latin
America, I have, for this edition, written an Introductory
Chapter on
South America, and also a short Foreword especially relating to each of
the Five Republics here treated. As my portrayal of Romanism there
has caused some discussion, I have, in those pages, sought to
incorporate the words of other authorities on South American life and
religion.
That the following narratives, now again revised, and sent forth in new
garb, may be increasingly helpful in promoting knowledge, is the
earnest wish of the author.
G. W. R.
Toronto, Ont.

INTRODUCTION
"Through Five Republics on Horseback" has all the elements of a great
missionary book. It is written by an author who is an eye-witness of
practically all that he records, and one who by his explorations and
travels has won for himself the title of the "Livingstone of South
America." The scenes depicted by the writer and the glimpses into the
social, political and religious conditions prevailing in the Republics in

the great Southern continent are of thrilling interest to all lovers of
mankind. We doubt if there is another book in print that within the
compass of three hundred pages begins to give as much valuable
information as is contained in Mr. Ray's volume. The writer wields a
facile pen, and every page glows with the passion