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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.....
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........
163
169
177
183
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.........
........
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