Camp and tramp in African wilds; a record of adventure, impressions, and experiences during many years spent among the savage tribes round Lake Tanganyika and in Central Africa, with a description of native life, character, and customs

Front matter

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Chapter I Page

typical resident — Disillusioned — A gruesome warning — Hippo steak — Adventures with a python — Bound for Stanleyville — A plucky Bangala — The Ngombe — Arabian influence — Ladies in pawn — Skilful navigation — The crocodiles' opportunity — The Kimputu bug — Native heroism — Arab cruelties — Lake Tanganyika 17

Chapter II

Pala — Among friends — The White Fathers — Recuperation — A nocturnal visitor — Lions and leopards — A fine monument — Narrow escapes — Domestic pets — The man-eating habit — Big game — African fauna — An unpleasant situation — The call of the wild — A black knight 3'j

Chapter III

Travel in the Congo — Uncomfortable quarters — Insect pests — The key of the Upper Congo — Old friends — A pernicious habit — A novel method of barter — A deposed monarch — An amusing incident — Cooks and their ways — Cannibalism — A case for arbitration — Native legal methods — A bond against bloodshed — A distinguished guest . 57

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The Bahuana tribe — Tiubal rites and customs — Methods of Warfare — Original theories — Head-dress — Charact.eristics — Establishing villages — A revolting ceremony ...... 169

Chapter XII

faithful friend — Diplomacy — From cook to chief — Hints to Europeans — Native humour — A hippo story — Metempsychosis — Negroid logic — Settling down — An expensive amusement — Domestic possessions — Game in Luano 180

Chapter XIII

In the forest— Geographical licence — The Red Congo — Spread of cannibalism — The Southern Bambala — A European resident — Caught in a game pit — The rubber shrub — A people of the chase — An international settlement — A hen-pocked Chief — Adrift — Crossing the Luchima 198

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Tribes of the interior — An African Napoleon — Conservative Chiefs — A lean country — A miniature state — Bearding the lion — A formidable stronghold — An unenviable situation — A state reception— Exposing a wizard — A successful embassy . . 218

Chapter XV

Native etiquette — Treatment of women — Fruits of experience — Native gestures — Character of the Negro — Mental traits- Just criticism — A good-tempered race — African women — The labour question — The golden rule — European solidarity . . 234

Chapter XVI

Original labour — The Bapindi tribe — Stocking the larder— Bye-laws — Preliminary hostilities — A bid for peace — A perilous situation— A satisfactory solution — A native philosopher — A youthful squire — An enthusiastic welcome — The old story^ — Flattering attentions — A sorrowful parting — " Good-bye, Bambala.''

CHAPTER XVII The Chief's Revenge

How the People first got Married .

The Origin of Light ....

Why the Gorilla does not Speak

Why the Dead are Buried

How Disease and Death came to Man

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