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CONTENTS.

PRELIMINARY CHAPTER............ Page 13

CHAPTER II.

Parrot Island.-How the Parrots build their Nests.-Parrot Soup...... 15

CHAPTER III.

An African Creek.- A Leopard among the Chickens.- A night

Watch for Leopards............

25

CHAPTER IV.

Hunting Elephants and Buffaloes. - A venomous Serpent.- A Snake-

charmer. He is bitten.-He commits Suicide.......

CHAPTER V.

At Court in Africa.- Costumes of the Court.- An African House-

hold. A false Alarm.........

CHAPTER VI.

Hunt for Gorillas.— A large one shot. The Negroes make Charms

of his Brain. -Mourning in a Bakalai Town..........................

CHAPTER VII.

An African Fireside.- A Camp by the Sea-shore. The first Gorilla

Hunter. - Negro Blarney.........

34

44

50

61

CHAPTER VIII.

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Hippopotamus hunting. We kill one. The Men eat it.- Poor

Beef. What the Tusks are for..........................

....Page 69

A great Gorilla....................

CHAPTER IX.

CHAPTER X.

Death in an African Village.-Lamentations.- The Funeral Cere-

monies. An African Cemetery.....

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CHAPTER XI.

A Tornado. Before the Storm.- Thunder and Lightning. After

the Storm......

75

82

87

CHAPTER XII.

A Creek infested by Snakes.-Snake in the Boat.-An ugly Visitor... 93

CHAPTER XIII.

Drinking the Mboundou.-How Olanga-Condo could do it.-How

the Mboundou is made.-The Effect of the Poison..................
...... 101

CHAPTER XIV.

A royal Feast.-On the Banks of the Ovenga.—Preparations.—The

Bill of Fare.-A taste of Elephant and a mouthful of Monkey...... 108

CHAPTER XV.

The terrible Bashikouay. - March of an ant Army. - They build

Bridges.-They enter Houses.-Their Habits......

CHAPTER XVI.

...

114

The Sorrows of the Birds.-Curious African Birds.-The Barbatula

du Chaillui.-The Barbatula Fuliginosa.-The Sycobius Ni-

gerrimus........

125

On the Ofoubou River.-Elephants bathing.-Pursuit through the

Swamp.- Escape of the Elephants........

CHAPTER XVIII.

.........Page 138

Njali-Coudié.-An African Town.-The Chief.-Courtship and Mar-

riage in Africa.- Buying a Wife.- Quarrel over the Spoils...... 145

CHAPTER XIX.

The Feast of Njambai.-The talking Idol.-Secret Proceedings.-

The Women and their Mysterics.......

150

CHAPTER XX.

Sick in a strange Land.-Adventure with a Snake.-How a Squirrel

was charmed........

..... 157

CHAPTER XXI.

Witchcraft.-Accusation of Pendé.-Result of his Trial....................................

CHAPTER XXII.

Gorilla hunting.-Preparations.-We kill a male Gorilla.—Bringing

him to Camp..........

CHAPTER XXIII.

In the Buffalo Country.- The Paradise of Flies.-The various

Species..........

CHAPTER XXIV.

Elephant Pits.-A Captive. — Dividing the Meat.— The Alethe

Castanea.....

CHAPTER XXV.

A deserted Village.-Fear of Death.-Wars between Villages.-

African wild Boar.-The Hunt........

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177

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189

CHAPTER XXVI.

In the wild Forest.-Hostile Tribes.-An intrenched Camp.-Forays

for Provisions....

...Page 197

CHAPTER XXVII.

We discover human Foot-prints. We spy out the Enemy.-A

female Gorilla.-Maternal Fondness.........

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208

CHAPTER XXVIII.

How we were received at Camp.-Threatened with Starvation.—A

Night in Camp.-Malaouen's Story.........

215

THE BASHIKOUAY ANT, MAGNIFIED TO TWICE ITS NATURAL SIZE 123