LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

King Albert Frontispiece Groote Schuur facing page 28 General J. C. Smuts 44 Mr. Marcosson's Route in Africa 56 Cecil Rhodes 76 The Premier Diamond Mine 90 Victoria Falls 102 Cultivating Citrus Land in Rhodesia 110 The Grave of Cecil Rhodes 132 A Katanga Copper Mine 138 Lord Leverhulme 144 Robert Williams 144 On the Lualaba 150 A View on the Kasai 150 A Station Scene at Kongola 156 A Native Market at Kindu 162 Native Fish Traps at Stanley Falls 168 The Massive Bangalas 176 Congo Women in State Dress 176 Central African Pygmies 182 Women Making Pottery 190 The Congo Pickaninny 190 The Heart of the Equatorial Forest 198 Natives Piling Wood 204 A Wood Post on the Congo 204 Residential Quarters at Alberta 210 The Comte de Flandre 210 A Typical Oil Palm Forest 216 Bringing in the Palm Fruit 216 A Specimen of Cicatrization 220 A Sankuru Woman Playing Native Draughts 220 The Belgian Congo 224 Thomas F. Ryan 228 Jean Jadot 236 Emile Francqui 242 A Belle of the Congo 246 Women of the Batetelas 246 Fishermen on the Sankuru 254 The Falls of the Sankuru 254 A Congo Diamond Mine 260 How the Mines Are Worked 260 Gravel Carriers at a Congo Mine 266 Congo Natives Picking out Diamonds 266 Washing out Gravel 272 Donald Doyle and Mr. Marcosson 272 The Park at Boma 278 A Street in Matadi 278 A General View of Matadi 282