List of Wood-Cuts,
Reading edition
FROM DESIGNS BY HARDEN S. MELVILLE.
ENGRAVED BY H. NEWSOM WOODS.
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FORBE’S RECEPTION BY THE KING OF DAHOMEY 1
A MALAGASEY BALL 52
BORNEO 54
AUSTRALIAN WEAPONS 66
POLYNESIAN WAR CANOE 67
WAR DANCE OF NEW ZEALANDERS 88
DAYAK AND MALAY WEAPONS 93
POLYNESIAN GOODS BOAT 106
NORTH AMERICAN WAR WEAPONS 111
A CHIPPEWA WARRIOR 115
POLYNESIAN WAR TOOLS 122
THE EUROPEAN’S HUT IN THE WILDERNESS 133
TORRES’ STRAITS CANOE 147
AN AUSTRALIAN DUEL 154
AFRICAN ARMS 162
THE UNIVERSAL WEAPON 168
A SAVAGE BOWMAN 169
PAPUAN BLACKSMITHS 180
THE EXPLORER’S HIGHWAY 183
THE TWO DOGS OR NONE 192
BOATMEN OF ROCKINGHAM BAY 203
THE TRUE WORD EXPOUNDED IN WESTERN AFRICA 204
SAMOAN IDOL WORSHIP 218
A POLYNESIAN IDOL 221
SPECTRE OF A HEADLESS DOG 240
MAKING BROTHERS 243
THE COVETOUS PAWNEE 275
AN IROQUOIS WARRIOR 280
A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF BOUDA 289
PUNISHMENT FOR KILLING FETISH SNAKES 293
CEREMONY OF TOUCHING THE BULL 301
DIVINATION SCENE 307
MAKING RAIN 312
DU CHAILLU’S PEEP INTO A HEATHEN TEMPLE 321
THE WIZARD IN THE STOCKS 324
INHABITANTS OF THE FAN COUNTRY 336
BURYING ALIVE IN FIGI 337
MOURNING SUIT OF LEAVES 341
FUNERAL OBSEQUIES OF KING FINOW 354
A SAMOAN SEPULCHRE 364
A MANDAN CHIEF 374
MANDAN PLACE OF SKULLS 375
“HE HEARD THEM RECOUNT THEIR VALIANT DEEDS” 380
DAMARA TOMB 387
AFRICAN WAKE 392
THE “MASTER OF LIFE” IN EQUATORIAL AFRICA 395
THE VERY LAST DAHOMAN “CUSTOM” 414
Forbes’s Reception by the King of Dahomey.