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The Boy Travellers on the Congo

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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A Scene on the Congo

Map of Africa showing Route from Zanzibar to Boma

Map of Emin Pasha's Province and the Congo Routes

Portrait of Henry M. Stanley

Sandy Hook from Navesink Light-house

Stanley in Abyssinia

Musicians of the Dark Continent

Village where Dr. Livingstone Died

James Gordon Bennett

The Lady Alice, in Sections

Candidates for Service with Stanley

View of a Portion of the Sea-front of Zanzibar, from the Water Battery to Shangani Point

Zanzibar, from the Sea

Red Cliffs behind Universities Mission, Zanzibar

View from the Roof of Mr. Augustus Sparhawk's House

The British Consulate at Zanzibar

Seyyid Barghash

A Zanzibar Nurse-maid

Lady of Zanzibar Reading an Arabic Manuscript

Native Water-carrier, Zanzibar

Hindoo Merchant of Zanzibar

Negro Nurse-maid, Zanzibar

A Zanzibar Bride

Window of an Arab House, Zanzibar

Coxswain Uledi, and Manwa Sera, Chief Captain

A Merchant of Zanzibar

Tarya Topan

Universities Mission at Mbwenni, Zanzibar

Harem in the House of the Secretary of the Sultan of Zanzibar

"Towards the Dark Continent."

Scene in Bagamoyo

Wife of Manwa Sera

A Leading Citizen of Bagamoyo

The Expedition at Rosako

View from the Village of Mamboya

Our Camp at Mpwapwa

Detective and Assistants

An African Belle

An African Blacksmith's-shop

Funeral of Edward Pocock: View of Our Camp

In Memoriam of Edward Pocock

An African Lamb

Unyamwezi Porter

View of Kagehyi from the Edge of the Lake

Frank Pocock

African Arms and Ornaments

View near Victoria Lake

Dwellers on the Shore of the Lake

The Lady Alice at Bridge Island, Victoria Nyanza

View of the Bay leading to Rugedzi Channel from Kigoma, near Kisorya, South Side of Ukerewé, Coast of Speke Gulf

View of Ripon Falls from the Uganda Side

Dressed for Cold Weather

The Victoria Nile, North of Ripon Falls, Rushing towards Unyoro, from the Usoga Side of the Falls

Reception by King Mtesa's Body-guard at Usavara

Waiting Orders

Sekebobo, Chief of Chagwé. Mtesa, the Emperor of Uganda. Chambarango, the Chief. Pokino, the Prime-minister. Other Chiefs.

Dwarf at the King's Court

The King's Dinner-dish

Fish found in Lake Victoria

Rubaga, the Capital of the King of Uganda

Fleet of the King of Uganda, Ready for War

Audience-hall of the Palace at Rubaga

Wooden Kettle-drum

African Hatchet, Spade, and Adze

Head of a "Madoqua"—Species of Antelope

Shugrangu House, an African Mission Station, with Grave of Mrs. Livingstone

Warriors of the Upper Nile Region

Reception at Bumbireh Island, Victoria Nyanza

Hut and Granary on the Island

A Woman of the Island

Village Enclosing Cattle

Heads of Spears

Central African Goat

Cairn Erected to the Memory of Frederick Barker: Majita and Ururi Mountains in the Distance, across Speke Gulf

At the Landing-place of Msossi, King Lukongeh's Capital

Store-house for Grain

Wakerewé Stool

Wakerewé Dwelling-house

Fish-nets

Wakerewé Canoes

Wakerewé Warrior

Strange Granite Rocks of Wezi Island, Midway between Usukuma and Ukerewé

Usukuma Canoe

Island called Elephant Rock

Mtesa's Camp, Ingira

One of the Great Naval Battles between the Waganda and the Wavuma, in the Channel between Ingira Island and Cape Nakaranga

Small Canoe

View of Country near Mtesa's Camp

The Floating Fortlet Moving towards Ingira

Uganda War Canoe

Wangwana Hut in Camp

Hut at Jinja

Head of Central African Hartebeest

The Camp of the Expedition

Mount Edwin Arnold

Marching towards Muta Nzege: Mount Gordon-Bennett in the Distance

Grass-roofed Hut, Unyoro

Native Hut, Karagwé

View near Kafurro

Central African Antelope, Karagwé

View of Ufumbiro Mountains from Mount near Mtagata Hot Springs

Rumanika's Treasure-house

A Spearman of Karagwé

Mountain Scene in Karagwé

Boat on Lake Windermere

Kagera Skiff

Native Woman of Fashion

Ihema Hut

A Native of Uhha

Boat of Lake Ihema

Hut of Uganda. Small Tembé of Ugogo

House of an Arab Merchant near Rumanika's Village

On the Way to the Meeting

Ground-plan of King's House

Treasure-house, Arms, and Treasures of Rumanika

The Expedition Traversing the Valley

Pottery in Usui

A Village in Western Usui

Camp of an Arab Merchant

"Bull."

A Hut and its Frame

View in the Interior of an African Village

Serombo Huts

War-Drum and Idol

A "Ruga-Ruga," one of Mirambo's Patriots

Hillside House in Mirambo's Country

Unyamwezi Chief and his Wife

Shield and Drum

Color-party of an English Expedition in Africa

Mountains along the Route of the Expedition

Fashionable Hair-dressing

One of the Watuta

Bow, Spears, Hatchets, and Arrow-Heads

Idols Sheltered from the Rain

Arab House near Ujiji

Whistle, Pillow, and Hatchet

Head of Uguhha Woman

Ujiji, looking North from the Market-place, Viewed from the Roof of our Tembé at Ujiji

Arab Dhow at Ujiji

A Native of Rua, who was a Visitor at Ujiji

Dress and Tattooing of a Native of Uguhha

Charms Worn by the Wajiji

A River Ferry-boat

Heads of Natives

The Wazaramo Tribe

Rawlinson Mountains

Head-dress and Hatchet

Brother Rocks

The Extreme Southern Reach of Lake Tanganika

Mtombwa

Kungwé Peaks

The "High Places" of the Spirit Mtombwa: View of Mtombwa Urungu

Mount Murumbi, near Lukuga Creek

Ubujwé Head-dress

Uguha Head-dress

Village Scene.—Dwellings and Grain-houses

A Woman of Uguha

Uhyeya Head-dress

Spirit Island, Lake Tanganika

Sketch Near Ujiji

In Council: The Courtyard of Our Tembé at Ujiji

Central African Goat

M'Sehazy Haven and Camp, at the Mouth of M'Sehazy River

Huts and Store-house

Sub-Chief, West of Lake Tanganika

Heads of Men of Manyema

Natives of Ubujwé

A Native of Uhyeya

One of the Wahyeya of Uhombo. (Back View)

A Valley among the Hills

Going a-fishing

Village Forge and Idol

Ready for Fighting

African Owls

A Village in Manyema

A Youth of East Manyema

A Manyema Adult

The Valley of Mabaro

A Young Woman of East Manyema

Village Scene in Southeast Manyema

House of an Arab Merchant

House of a Manyema Chief

Kiteté, The Chief of Mpungu

Village near Kabungwé

Native Houses at Mtuyu

Ants'-nest in Manyema

Hill and Village on the Road to Nyangwé

Waiting to be Photographed

A Young "Soko" (Gorilla)

Blacksmiths at Work

Native Trap for Game

Canoes on the River

"Heads for the North and the Lualaba; Tails for the South and Katanga."

A Follower of Tippu-Tib

A Canoe of the Wenya, or Wagenya, Fishermen

Pot-pourri

View in Nyangwé

A Bowman

Camp Scene

Escort of Gunners and Spearmen

Slave Offered in the Market

Nyangwé Heads

Nyangwé Pottery

Muini Dugumbi's Followers Attacking Nyangwé

Antelope of the Nyangwé Region

Near Nyangwé

Open Country before Reaching the Forest

Tippu-Tib's Body Servants

Jumah

The Edge of the Forest

Water-bottles

Stool of Uregga

Uregga House

Spoons of Uregga

Uregga Spear

Cane Settee

Bench

Back-rest

An African Fez of Leopard-skin

Prickles of the Acacia Plant

An African Ant

Marabouts, Storks, and Pelicans in the Forest Lakes

A Forge and Smithy at Wane-Kirumbu, Uregga

A Young "Soko" Sitting for his Portrait

Head of the Gorilla

Backgammon Tray

In Full Style

A Tributary River

Wangwana Women

Some of the People on Shore

Canoes in the Mouth of the Ruiki River

War-hatchet of Ukusu

Stool of Ukusu

Stew-pot of the Wahika

Encounter with a Gorilla

A House of Two Rooms

Canoe Scoop

Scoops

"Towards the Unknown."

Coil of Plaited Rope, Central Africa

War-drums of the Tribes of the Upper Livingstone

Village Scene

Musical Instruments and Mode of Playing

Gorillas and Nest

Native Pipe

Scene on a Tributary of the Great River—Launching a Canoe

Mwana Ntaba Canoe (The "Crocodile")

Village near the Forest

Native Corn-magazine

African Stool

Spear-head

The Kooloo-Kamba, or Long-eared Soko

A Baswa Knife

Style of Knives

Baswa Basket and Cover

Shooting a Crocodile at the Rapids

Cavern near Stanley Falls

The Desperate Situation of Zaidi, and his Rescue by Uledi, the Coxswain of the Boat

The Seventh Cataract, Stanley Falls

Pike—Stanley Falls

An African Suspension-bridge

Fish—Seventh Cataract, Stanley Falls

Baswa Palm-oil Jar and Palm-wine Cooler

Mouth of Drum

Wooden Signal-drum of the Wenya, or Wagenya, and the Tribes on the Livingstone

Drumsticks—Knobs being of India-rubber

Shields of Ituka People

Fish—Stanley Falls

Monster Canoe

Native Spade

The Fight below the Confluence of the Aruwimi and the Livingstone Rivers

Spear, Isangi

Knives, Rubunga

Rings for Protecting the Arm

Rubunga Blacksmiths

Double Iron Bells of Urangi

Beak of the Balinæceps Rex

The Balinæceps Rex

A Cannibal Chief

The Attack of the Sixty-three Canoes of the Piratical Bangala

Poisoned Arrows

A Crocodile Hunt

Elephant Hunters on the Congo

African Knife and Axes

Spears, and Shield of Elephant-hide

Spectators among the Trees

Encounter with a Hippopotamus

A Present from Chumbiri

The King of Chumbiri

Great Pipe of King of Chumbiri

One of the King's Wives at Chumbiri

A Bowman

Son of the King of Chumbiri

A Python in an African Forest

The Northern End of Stanley Pool

Map of Stanley Pool

One of the King's Warriors

African Reclining-Chair

A Present from Itsi

Floating Island in Stanley Pool

Village in the Valley of the Congo

Native Pottery

View of the Right Branch, First Cataract, of the Livingstone Falls, from Four Miles below Juemba Island

Over Rocky Point close to Gampa's

At Work Passing the Lower End of the First Cataract of the Livingstone Falls, near Rocky Island

African Pipes

Death of Kalulu

One of Gampa's Men

Village Idols

Hilly Regions back from the River

Lady Alice over the Falls

Native Mill for Grinding Corn

Falls on a Tributary Stream

An Upland Stream and Native Bridge

The Nkenké River Entering the Livingstone below the Lady Alice Rapids

Mode of Passing Boats over the Falls

Village on the Table-land

A Figure in the Market-place

African Market Scene

View in the Babwendé Country

Nyitti, an African Potato

Ugogo Cooking-pot

Wild Bull of Equatorial Africa

The New Canoes, the Livingstone and the Stanley

Cutting out the New Livingstone Canoe

In Memoriam: Francis John Pocock

Fall of the Edwin Arnold River into the Pocock Basin

The Chief Carpenter Carried over Zinga Fall

The Masassa Falls, and the Entrance into Pocock Basin, or Bolobolo Pool

Camp at Kilolo, above Isangila Falls

View from the Table-land

"I want Rum."

Village Scene, with Granary in Foreground

In the Valley

Ant-hills on the Road to Boma

One of the Guides

Catching Ants for Food

Mbinda Cemetery

In the Suburbs of Boma

Outbuildings of an African Factory

Escort of the Caravan

Outside the Village

View in the Open Country

Wooden Idol

The White-fronted Wild Hog of Central Africa

The Hammock on the West Coast of Africa

The Circumnavigators of the Victoria Nyanza and Lake Tanganika, and Explorers of the Alexandra Nile and Livingstone (Congo) River

Native Belles on the West Coast

Native Blacksmiths near Boma

At Rest: Stanley's Quarters at Kabinda by the Sea

Expedition at Kabinda

Group of Mr. Stanley's Followers at Kabinda, West Coast of Africa, just after Crossing the "Dark Continent."

Scenery on the West Coast of Africa

A Dandy of San Paulo de Loanda

View of San Paulo de Loanda—The Fort of San Miguel on the Right

Dhows in the Harbor of Zanzibar

The Recuperated and Reclad Expedition as it Appeared at Admiralty House, Simon's Town, after our Arrival on H.M.S. Industry

The Women of the Expedition

Stanley, as he Left England for Africa in 1874

Stanley, as he Reached Zanzibar in 1877

Ngahma, a Congo Chief

View of Vivi, from the Isangila Road

Port of Leopoldville

A Photograph

A Congo House

The Effect of Civilization

A Native of the Lower Congo

Emin Pasha

Blacksmith's Forge and Bellows

Some of Emin Pasha's Irregular Troops

Ivory-eating Squirrel, Central Africa

Battle between Native Warriors and Egyptian Troops

Native Warrior in Emin Pasha's Province

The King of Unyora and his Great Chiefs

Native War-dance

Breed of Cattle in Emin Pasha's Province

Lado, Capital of Egyptian Equatorial Province

Schooli Warrior, Egyptian Equatorial Province

Fortified Village near Lado

Ismaen Abou Hatab, Trusted Officer of Emin Pasha

Village in the Valley of the Bengo

A Traveller's Caravan near Wadelay

A Dyoor, Subject of Emin Pasha

Chief of Coast Tribe in Portuguese Territory

Tattooing among the Coast Natives

Doorway of a House at Mombasa

Heads of Coast Natives

View of Mombasa

Camp of an English Explorer in Africa

Slave Caravans on the Road

Slaves Left to Die

A Spring in the Desert

A Wedding-dance

Mandara's Left Ear

A Corner of Mr. Johnston's Settlement

View of Kilimanjaro

Camp Scene

African Adjutants

A Well-stocked Hunting-ground

Plain and Mountains in Masai Land

Ear-stretchers and Ear-ornaments

A Masai Warrior

Masai Married Woman, with Painted Face

Uganda Head-dress

Place where Bishop Hannington was Imprisoned and Killed

African Oryx, or Gemsbok

South African Hunting—in Camp

Night Hunting—Elephants Coming to Drink

An African Serenade

Close Shave by an Elephant

Death-grapple with a Lion

Rhinoceros and Dogs

Dr. Livingstone in the Lion's Grasp

The Hopo, or Trap for Driving Game

Paul du Chaillu in Africa

Gorilla Hunting—Mother and Young at Play

Du Chaillu's First Gorilla

Head of Kooloo-Kamba

Ear of Kooloo-Kamba

Du Chaillu Ascending an African River

Gorilla Skull

Human Skull

Skeletons of Man and the Gorilla

A Young Gorilla—Du Chaillu's Captive

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