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THE CONGO AND COASTS OF AFRICA
By
RICHARD HARDING DAVIS, F.R.G.S.
AUTHOR OF "SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE," "THE SCARLET CAR,"
"WITH BOTH ARMIES IN SOUTH AFRICA," "FARCES,"
"THE CUBAN AND PORTO RICAN CAMPAIGNS"
ILLUSTRATIONS
FROM PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR
AND OTHERS
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
NEW YORK
1907
[Illustration (Frontispiece): Mr. Davis and "Wood Boys" of the
Congo.]
TO
CECIL CLARK DAVIS
MY FELLOW VOYAGER ALONG
THE COASTS OF AFRICA
CONTENTS
I
THE COASTERS 3
II
MY BROTHER'S KEEPER 32
III
THE CAPITAL OF THE CONGO 55
IV
AMERICANS IN THE CONGO 93
V
HUNTING THE HIPPO 118
VI
OLD CALABAR 142
VII
ALONG THE EAST COAST 176
ILLUSTRATIONS
MR. DAVIS AND "WOOD BOYS" OF THE CONGO _Frontispiece_
MRS. DAVIS IN A BORROWED "HAMMOCK," THE LOCAL MEANS
OF TRANSPORT ON THE WEST COAST 10
A WHITE BUILDING, THAT BLAZED LIKE THE BASE OF A
WHITEWASHED STOVE AT WHITE HEAT 22
THE "MAMMY CHAIR" IS LIKE THOSE SWINGS YOU SEE
IN PUBLIC PLAYGROUNDS 28
A VILLAGE ON THE KASAI RIVER 42
"TENANTS" OF LEOPOLD, WHO CLAIMS THAT THE CONGO
BELONGS TO HIM, AND THAT THESE NATIVE PEOPLE
ARE THERE ONLY AS HIS TENANTS 52
THE FACILITIES FOR LANDING AT BANANA, THE PORT OF
ENTRY TO THE CONGO, ARE LIMITED 56
"PRISONERS" OF THE STATE IN CHAINS AT MATADI 60
BUSH BOYS IN THE PLAZA AT MATADI SEEKING SHADE 70
THE MONUMENT IN STANLEY PARK, ERECTED, NOT TO
STANLEY, BUT TO LEOPOLD 82
THE _Deliverance_.
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