In Savage Africa
Reading edition
OR, The Adventure of Frank Baldwin From the Gold Coast To Zanzibar. BY VERNEY LOVETT CAMERON, C.B., D.C.L., COMMANDER ROYAL NAVY; AUTHOR OF “JACK HOOPER,” “ACROSS AFRICA,” “OUR FUTURE HIGHWAY,” ETC. ETC. ————— With Thirty-Two Illustrations. ————— London: T. NELSON AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW. EDINBURGH; AND NEW YORK. ——— 1887.
I.LEAVING SCHOOL,9
II.OFF TO SEA,24
III.UNPLEASANT NEWS,38
IV.ROBBERY AND DESERTION,53
V.A RUN ASHORE,64
VI.TAKEN PRISONER,80
VII.AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION,92
VIII.ESCAPE FROM THE SLAVE-SHIP,99
IX.AMONG THE NATIVES,107
X.FETICHMEN,120
XI.AN EXCITING JOURNEY,130
XII.IN THE INTERIOR,144
XIII.CAPTURED BY CANNIBALS,162
XIV.WORSE THAN DEATH,175
XV.ESCAPE AND RECAPTURE,200
XVI.FRIENDLY ARABS,217
XVII.A NATIVE COUNCIL,234
XVIII.PREPARATIONS FOR DEFENCE,245
XIX.A FIERCE FIGHT,257
XX.AT NYANGWE,268
XXI.DEPARTURE FOR THE COAST,287
XXII.SPEARING HIPPOPOTAMI,298
XXIII.TROUBLES WITH THE NATIVES,311
XXIV.ACROSS TANGANYIKA,321
XXV.DIFFICULTIES AND DANGERS,331
XXVI.A HAPPY ENDING,353
ON THE LOOK-OUT,Frontispiece
SURF-BOAT CAPSIZED,Vignette
FRANK’S INTERVIEW WITH MR. POYNTER,13
ISLAND OF TENERIFFE,39
ON THE COAST OF LIBERIA,45
A YOUNG DAHOMAN,77
HARARU’S VILLAGE,109
THROUGH THE JUNGLE,117
SURPRISED BY A PYTHON,123
AFRICAN SORCERER,127
ON THE OGOWAI RIVER,133
SLAVES ON THE BANK OF THE OGOWAI,139
AFRICAN CHIEF AND HIS COURT,145
KAREMA,151
FUMO ATTACKED BY A LEOPARD,167
PANIC OF THE BALABA,175
ASCENDING THE RAPIDS,189
SURMOUNTING THE FALLS OF THE OGOWAI,195
A SOKO HUNT,219
CROSSING THE RIVER,227
WARRIORS OF MONA MKULLA,237
HATIBU AND BILAL,269
BANKS OF THE LUABBA,275
GOING TO MARKET,279
NYANGWE MARKET,283
WIVES OF HATIBU AND BILAL,291
LAGOON NEAR LUAMA,299
ENCOUNTER WITH A CROCODILE,303
VILLAGE IN UKARANGA,335
A BUFFALO CHARGE,347
A FATAL ENCOUNTER,351
WAGOGO WAR-DANCE,355