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    CONGO AND COASTS OF AFRICA
    By RICHARD HARDING DAVIS




    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_. THE RIVER RACED OVER THE DECK
    TO A DEPTH OF FOUR OR FIVE INCHES. BETWEEN
    HER CABIN AND THE WOOD-PILE, WERE STORED FIFTY
    HUMAN BEINGS 86

    THE NATIVE WIFE OF A _Chef de Poste_ 90

    ENGLISH MISSIONARIES, AND SOME OF THEIR CHARGES 98

    THE LABORING MAN UPON WHOM THE AMERICAN CONCESSIONAIRES
    MUST DEPEND 106

    MR. DAVIS AND NATIVE "BOY," ON THE KASAI RIVER 128

    THE HIPPOPOTAMUS THAT DID NOT KNOW HE WAS DEAD 134

    THE JESUIT BROTHERS AT THE WOMBALI MISSION 138

    THERE, IN THE SURF, WE FOUND THESE TONS OF MAHOGANY,
    POUNDING AGAINST EACH OTHER 152

    A LOG OF MAHOGANY JAMMED IN THE ANCHOR CHAINS 156

    THE PALACE OF THE KING OF THE CAMEROONS 160

    THE HOME OF THE THIRTY QUEENS OF KING MANGO BELL 164

    THE MOTHER SUPERIOR AND SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH AND
    THEIR CONVERTS AT OLD CALABAR 168

    THE KROO BOYS SIT, NOT ON THE THWARTS, BUT ON THE
    GUNWALES, AS A WOMAN RIDES A SIDE SADDLE 172

    GOING VISITING IN HER PRIVATE TRAM-CAR AT BEIRA 182

    ONE-HALF OF THE STREET CLEANING DEPARTMENT OF
    MOZAMBIQUE 190

    CUSTOM HOUSE, ZANZIBAR 194

    CHAIN-GANGS OF PETTY OFFENDERS

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