Lost in the jungle

Chapter I

Paul's Letter to his Young Friends, in which he prepares them for being "Lost in the Jungle" Page 11

CHAPTER IL A queer Canoe. — On the Rembo. — We reach the Membouai. — A deserted Village. — Gazelle attacked by a Snake.— Etia wounded by a Gorilla 14

CHAPTER in.

Harpooning a Manga. — A great Prize. — Our Canoe capsized. — Description of the Manga. — Return to Camp 23

CHAPTER IV.

We go into the Forest.— Hunt for Ebony-trees.— The Fish-eagles.— Capture of a young Eagle.— Impending Fight Avith them.— Fearful roars of Gorillas. — Gorillas breaking down Trees 28

CHAPTER V.

Lost. — Querlaouen says we are Bewitched. — Monkeys and Parrots. — A deserted Village.— Strange Scene before an Idol.— Bringing in the Wounded. — An Invocation 37

CHAPTER VI.

A white Gorilla. — Meeting two Gorillas. — The Female runs away. — The Man Gorilla shows fight. — He is killed.— His immense Hands and Feet. — Strange Story of a Leopard and a Turtle 48

CHAPTER VII.

Return to the Ovenga River. — The Monkeys and their Friends the Birds.— They live together.— Watch by Moonhght for Game.— Kill an Oshengui 55 vi CONTENTS.

CHAPTER VIII.

We are in a Canoe. — Outfit for Hunting. — See a beautiful Antelope. — KiU it. — It is a new Species. — River and forest Swallows. .Page 62

CHAPTER IX. .

We hear the Cry of a young Gorilla.— Start to capture him. — Eight with "his Eather."— We kill him.— Kill the Mother.— Capture of the Baby. — Strange Camp Scene 70

CHAPTER X.

Jack will have his own way. — He seizes my Leg. — He tears my Pantaloons. — He growls at me. — He refuses cooked Food. — Jack makes his Bed. — Jack sleeps with one Eye open. — Jack is intractable. ... 81

CHAPTER XI.

Start after Land-crabs. — Village of the Crabs. — Each Crab knows his House. — Great flight of Crabs. — They bite hard. — Feast on the Slain. — A herd of Hippopotami 87

CHAPTER XII.

Strange Spiders. — The House-spider. — How they capture their Prey. — How they Fight. — Fight between a Wasp and a Spider. — The Spider has its Legs cut off, and is carried away. — Burrow Spider watching for its Prey 94

CHAPTER XIII.

We continue our Wanderings. — Joined by Etia. — We starve. — Gambo and Etia go in search of Berries. — A herd of Elephants. — The rogue Elephant charges me. — He is killed. — He tumbles down near me. — Story of Redjioua... ^ 106

CHAPTER XrV.

A formidable Bird. — The People are afraid of it. — A Baby carried off by the Guanionien. — A Monkey also seized. — I discover a GuanionienNest. — I watch for the Eagles 119

CHAPTER XV.

The Cascade of Niama-Biembai. — A native Camp. — Starting for the Hunt. — A Man attacked by a GoriUa. — His Gun broken. — The Man dies.— His Burial 127

CHAPTER XVI.

Funeral of the Gorilla's Victim. — A Man's Head for the Alumbi. — The Snake and the Guinea-fowl. — Snake killed. — Visit to the House of the Alumbi. — Determine to visit the Sea-coast 137

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CHAPTEE XVII.

At Washington once more. — Delights of the Sea-shore. — I have been made a Makaga. — Friends object to my Return into the Jungle. — Quengueza taken Sick. — Gives a Letter to his Nephew. — Taking leave Page 142

CHAPTER XVIII.

Departure. — Arrival at Goumbi. — The People ask for the King. — A Death-panic in Goumbi. — A Doctor sent for. — Death to the Aniembas. — Three Women accused. — They are tried and killed 148

CHAPTER XIX.

Quengueza orders Ilogo to be consulted about his Illness, — ^What the People think of Ilogo. — A nocturnal Seance, — Song to Ilogo. — A female Medium. — What Ilogo said , 1G2

CHAPTER XX.

Departure from Goumbi. — Querlaouen's Village. — Find it deserted, — Querlaouen dead. — He has been killed by an Elephant. — Arrive at Obindji's Town. — Meeting with Querlaouen's Widow. — Neither Malaouen nor Gambo at home 167

CHAPTER XXI.

Leave for Ashira Land, — In a S^vamp. — Cross the Mountains.— A Leopard after us. — Reach the Ashira Country 1 75

CHAPTER XXII.

Great Mountains. — Ashira Land is beautiful.— The People are afraid. — Reach Akoonga's Village. — King Olenda sends Messengers and ' Presents. — I reach Olenda's Village 181

CHAPTER XXIII.

King Olenda comes to receive me. — He is very old. — Never saw a Man so old before. — He beats his Kendo. — He salutes me with his Kombo. — Kings alone can wear the Kendo 185

CHAPTER XXIV.

They all come to see me. — They say I have an Evil Eye. — Ashira Villages, — Olenda gives a great Ball in my Honor. — Beer-houses. — Goats coming out of a Mountain alive 190

CHAPTER XXV.

Ascension of the Ofoubou-Orere and Andele Mountains. — The Ashiras bleed their Hands! — Story of a Fight between a Gorilla and a Leopard. — The Gorilla and the Elephant. — Wild Boars 197

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CONTENTS,

CHAPTER XXVI.

Propose to start for Haunted Mountains. — Olenda says it can not be done. — At last I leave Olenda Village. — A Tornado. — We are Lost. — We fight a Gorilla. — We kill a Leopard. — Return to Olenda Page 203

CHAPTER XXVII.

Departure for the Apingi Country. — The Ovigui River. — Dangerous Bridge to Cross. — How the Bridge was built. — Glad to escape Drowning. ^On the Way. — Reach the Oloumy 217

CHAPTER XXVin.

A Gorilla. — How he attacked me. — I kill him. — Minsho tells a Story of two Gorillas fighting. — We meet King Remandji. — I fall into an Elephant-pit. — Reach Apingi Land 226

CHAPTER XXIX.

First Day in Apingi Land. — I fire a Gun. — The Natives are Frightened. — I give the King a Waistcoat. — He wears it. — The Sapadi People. — The Music-box. — I must make a Mountain of Beads 238

CHAPTER XXX.

A large Fleet of Canoes, — We ascend the River. — The King paddles my Canoe. — Agobi's Village. — We upset. — The King is furious. — Okabi, the Charmer. — I read the Bible. — The People are afraid... 246

CJIAPTER XXXI.

A great Crowd of Strangers. — I am made a King. — I remain in my Kingdom. — Good-by to the Young Folks 258

ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE

Shooting a Leopard Frontispiece.

The Royal Canoe 15

The Manga 25

The Mpano 29

Felling Ebony-trees 31

Bringing in the Wounded 43

Watching Birds and Monkeys 57

Shooting the new Antelope 66

QUERLAOUEN AND HIS IdOL ... 78

Caught by Jack 82

Gorilla sleeping 85

Catching the Ogombons.......* 90

Bit by a Spider 99

Death op the Bull Elephant Ill

guanionien carrying off a mondi 122

Gambo's Friend killed by a Gorilla 133

Bidding Good-by to Quengueza 147

" ChALLY, ChALLY, DO NOT LET ME Die" 155

The Songs to Ilogo 163

Giving Beads to Querlaouen's Wife 173

Going to Ashira Land 177

Reception op the King of the Ashiras 186

The Kendo 189

Drinking Plantain Beer 193

Attack on the Wild Boars 201

An Ashira Idol 202

Crossing the Ovigui River 222

The Elephant-trap c ; 233

The Music-box 243

Okabi and the Leopard 252

My Housekeeper". 256

CHAPTER I.

Paul's letter to his young fkiekds, m which he pee-

PAEES them foe BEING " LOST IN THE JUNGLE."

My deae Young Folks, — In the first book which I wrote for yon, we traveled together through the Gorilla Country, and saw not only the gigantic apes, but also the cannibal tribes which eat men.

In the second book we continued our hunting, and met leopards, elephants, hippopotami, wild boars, great serpents, etc., etc. We were stung and chased by the fierce Bashikouay ants, and plagued by flies.

Last spring, your friend Paul, not satisfied with writing for young folks, took it into his head to lecture before them. When I mentioned the subject to my acquaintances, many of them laughed at the notion of my lecturing to you, and a few remarked, " This is another of your queer notions." I did not see it ! ! ! I thought I would try.

Thousands of young folks came to your friend Paul's lectures in Boston, Brooklyn, and New York ; not only did ray young friends come, but a great many old folks were also seen among them.

The intelligent, eager faces of his young hearers, their sparkling eyes, spoke to him more eloquently than words could do, and told him that he had done well to go into the great jungle of Equatorial Africa, and that they liked to hear what he had done and what he had seen.

When he asked the girls and boys of New York if he should write more books for them, the tremendous cheers and hurras they gave him in reply told him that he had better go to work.

When, at the end of his third lecture, he made his appearance in the old clothes he had worn in Africa, and said he would be happy to shake hands with his young hearers, the rush then made assured him that they were his friends. Oh ! how your hearty hand-shaking gladdened the heart of your friend Paul ; he felt so happy as your small hands passed in and out of his !

Before writing this new volume, I went to my good and esteemed friends, my publishers in Franklin Square, and asked them what they thought of a new book for Young Folks.

" Certainly," they said ; " by all means. Friend Paul. Write a new book, for Stoeies of the Gorilla Country and Weld Life under the Equator ^re in great demand."

I immediately took hold of my old journals, removed the African dust from them, and went to work, and now we are going to be Lost in the Jungle.

There are countries and savages with which you have

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been made acquainted in the two preceding volumes of which you will hear no more. Miengai, N^golai, and Makinda are not to lead us through a country of cannibals. Aboko will slay no more elephants with me. Fasiko and Niamkala are to be left in their own country, and to many a great chief we have said good-by forever.

If we have left good friends and tribes of savage men, we will go into new countries and among other' strange people. We shall have lots of adventmies ; we will slay 'more wild beasts, and will have fierce encounters with them, and some pretty narrow escapes. We will have some very hard times when " lost in the jungle f we will be hungry and starving for many a day ; we will see how curiously certain tribes live, what they eat and drink, how they build, and what they worship ; and, before the end of our wanderings, you will see your friend Paul made king over a strange people ! It makes him laugh even now when he thinks of it.

I am sure we will not always like our life in the woods, but I hope, nevertheless, that you will not be sorry to have gone with me in the strange countries where I am now to lead you.

Let us get ready to start. Let us prepare our rifles, guns, and revolvers, and take with us a large quantity of shoes, quinine, powder, bullets, shot, and lots of beads and other things to make presents to the kings and people we shall meet. Oh dear, what loads ! and every thing has to be carried on the backs of men ! I shudder when I think of the trouble ; but never mind ; we shall get through our trials, sickness, and dangers safely. En avant ! that is to say, forward !