RICHARD HARDING DAVIS, F.R.G.S.
Reading edition
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
TO
CECIL CLARK DAVIS
MY FELLOW VOYAGER ALONG THE COASTS OF AFRICA
CONTENTS
i
The Coasters3
ii
My Brother's Keeper32
iii
The Capital of the Congo55
iv
Americans in the Congo93
v
Hunting the Hippo118
vi
Old Calabar142
vii
Along the East Coast176
ILLUSTRATIONS
R. Davis and "Wood Boys" of the Congo Frontispiece
Mrs. Davis in a Borrowed "Hammock," The Local Means of Transport on the West Coast
A White Building, that Blazed Like the Base of a Whitewashed Stove at White Heat
The "Mammy Chair" is Like Those Swings You See in Public Playgrounds
A Village on the Kasai River
"Tenants" of Leopold, Who Claims that the Congo Belongs to Him, and that these Native People are there only as His Tenants
The Facilities for Landing At Banana, the Port of Entry to the Congo, are Limited
"Prisoners" of the State in Chains at Matadi
Bush Boys in the Plaza at Matadi Seeking Shade
The Monument in Stanley Park, Erected, Not to Stanley, but to Leopold
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
The Native Wife of a Chef de Poste
English Missionaries, and Some of Their Charges
The Laboring Man Upon Whom the American Concessionaires Must Depend
Mr. Davis and Native "Boy," on the Kasai River
The Hippopotamus that Did Not Know He Was Dead
The Jesuit Brothers at the Wombali Mission
There, in the Surf, We Found These Tons of Mahogany, Pounding against Each Other
A Log of Mahogany Jammed in the Anchor Chains
The Palace of the King of the Cameroons
The Home of the Thirty Queens of King Mango Bell
The Mother Superior and Sisters of St. Joseph and Their Converts at Old Calabar
The Kroo Boys Sit, not on the Thwarts, but on the Gunwales, as a Woman Rides a Side Saddle
Going Visiting in Her Private Tram-car at Beira
One-half of the Street Cleaning Department of Mozambique
Custom House, Zanzibar
Chain-gangs of Petty Offenders Outside of Zanzibar
The Ivory on the Right, Covered only with Sacking, is Ready for Shipment to Boston, U.S.A.
The Late Sultan of Zanzibar in His State Carriage
H.S.H. Hamud bin Muhamad bin Said, the Late Sultan of Zanzibar
A German "Factory" at Tanga, the Store Below, the Living Apartments Above
Soudanese Soldiers under a German Officer Outside of Tanga