| FACING PAGE |
| His Majesty Leopold II., King of the Belgians | Frontispiece |
| (From a painting by Jef Leempoels.) |
| Native Huts Built of Leaves (Aruwimi) | [4] |
| Elephant Farm on the Bomokandi | [8] |
| Basongolo Chiefs (Lokandu) | [12] |
| House of Governor-General, Boma | [14] |
| The Congo at Lokandu | [18] |
| View of the Port of Leopoldville (Stanley Pool) | [26] |
| Making a Road (175 kilometres) for Automobiles (Kwango) | [30] |
| A Saddle Ox, Kassai | [34] |
| European Travelling in the Uelle District | [34] |
| Native Employees of the State Waiting for Rations at Boma | [40] |
| SS. Leopoldville Bound for Boma | [42] |
| Departure of Commissioner-General Halfeyt, on Board SS. Stanley, Stanleyville, 1899 | [46] |
| Departure of SS. Goodwill from Upoto | [50] |
| Bridge, 80 Metres (Kwilu) | [58] |
| State Pilot Barge, Banana | [58] |
| Taking Merchandise to the SS. Leopoldville | [66] |
| State Post at Yankomi, near Basoko, Surrounded by Palisade (Aruwimi) | [72] |
| Europeans at Stanleyville, 1902 | [78] |
| Post-Office, Boma | [80] |
| Native Boys, Boma | [82] |
| Group of Yie-Yie Women (Uelle) | [84] |
| Types of Bearers (North Bank of Cataracts) | [84] |
| Native Potters at Work (Aruwimi) | [88] |
| Making Manioc Flour, Baneko (Aruwimi) | [92] |
| Native Musicians at Lusambo (Lualaba-Kassai) | [98] |
| Market, near Boma | [104] |
| Government Park, Boma, 1904 | [110] |
| Students of the State Technical School, New Antwerp (Bangala) | [118] |
| Hospital, Boma | [118] |
| Bridge Made of Cement, Boma | [126] |
| Types of Barumbus (Stanley Falls) | [130] |
| Government Wagons | [132] |
| House of Vice-Governor-General, Stanleyville | [134] |
| Postmaster’s House, Suruango, 1904 | [134] |
| A Street in Coquilhatville, 1896 (Equateur) | [138] |
| Camp on Line of Cataracts Railroad, Songololo | [142] |
| Return from the Hunt at Bumba (Bangala) | [144] |
| Baluba Chiefs | [144] |
| The Governor’s House, Ponthierville (Upper Congo) | [146] |
| European Houses at Coquilhatville (Equateur) | [148] |
| Specimens of Hair-dressing among Women of the Sango Tribe, Banzyville (Ubanghi) | [150] |
| Cicatrised Batetela Woman (Lualaba-Kassai) | [150] |
| Funeral at Bumba (Bangala) | [152] |
| Women Beating Rice, Uelle | [154] |
| Tribunal at Boma. Sentencing a Native to Death for Cannibalism Committed in the Upper Congo | [156] |
| Batetela Women (Lualaba-Kassai) | [158] |
| Kassai Women Returning from Market | [158] |
| African Belles. Hair-dressing of Sango Women at Banzyville, 1894 (Ubanghi) | [160] |
| Bangala Women | [162] |
| Bakusu Chiefs, Stanleyville | [162] |
| Group of Warriors, Djabbir | [164] |
| Coffins for Native Chiefs, Wangata, 1897 (Equateur) | [164] |
| Native Making Butter at his Home in Botandana (Kivu) | [166] |
| A Bangala Chief, with his Harem | [166] |
| Native Canoes, Lower Congo | [170] |
| Fishermen, Uvvia | [170] |
| Uelle Chief and his Wives, Van Kerckhovenville | [172] |
| Port of Leopoldville. Natives at Work | [172] |
| Tailors’ School, New Antwerp (Bangala) | [174] |
| Steam Saw-Mill, Boma | [176] |
| Camp of Bangalas, Stanleyville | [178] |
| Types of Lokélés, Jafungas (Oriental Province) | [180] |
| Review of Troops by Governor-General at New Antwerp | [184] |
| Soldiers’ Mess, Suruango, 1903 (Uelle) | [186] |
| Soldiers’ Wives, Bumba | [186] |
| The White Man’s Cemetery, Stanleyville | [188] |
| Hospital, New Antwerp | [188] |
| An Avenue at Boma | [190] |
| Office of Secretary-General, Boma | [192] |
| Post-Office on River Bank, Boma | [192] |
| Bishop’s Palace, Mission of Our Lady of M’Pala (Tanganyika) | [196] |
| Office of Director of Transport, Boma | [196] |
| Cattle, Luvungy (Kivu) | [200] |
| Various Mounts, Lusambo (Lualaba-Kassai) | [200] |
| Grand Hotel, Boma | [203] |
| Native Ploughing in Botanical Garden at Ealer (Equateur) | [206] |
| The Old Covered Market at Boma | [210] |
| Commissariat of the District of Banana, 1893 | [212] |
| King Nekuku and his Suite at Boma | [214] |
| Regiment of Commissioner-General Halfeyt, Stanleyville | [216] |
| State Officials at Ponthierville | [220] |
| Saddle Ox, Lusambo (Lualaba-Kassai) | [220] |
| Bird’s-eye View of the Station at Basoko, 1893 | [222] |
| Dutch Mission, Banana | [226] |
| Bishop’s Palace at Baudouinville (Oriental Province) | [228] |
| Children of the Settlement School, Boma | [234] |
| In the State Printing Office at Boma. Natives Laying-on and Taking-off | [238] |
| Natives Working Sewing Machines at Kisantu | [242] |
| Children of the Settlement Drilling at New Antwerp, 1896 (Bangala) | [246] |
| Zappo-Zapp Musicians, Luluabourg | [250] |
| Band of Government Technical School, Boma | [256] |
| Coffee Plantation at Yalicombe (Oriental Province) | [258] |
| Shelling Coffee, Stanleyville | [270] |
| Making Baskets for Transportation of Rubber (Kassai) | [272] |
| Collecting Rubber in Forest of Lusambo (Lualaba-Kassai) | [280] |
| Church and Rectory, Matadi | [286] |
| Native Carpenters at Work, Mission of New Antwerp, 1897 | [294] |
| Orphans Praying at St. Truden (Kassai) | [302] |
| Children of the Settlement School at Boma Praying | [308] |
| Mission of the White Fathers, Tanganyika | [314] |
| The Mission, Moanda | [320] |
| Missionary Necropolis, Luluabourg | [328] |
| Franciscan Sisters at the Mission of St. Gabriel of the Falls (Oriental Province) | [336] |
| Native Christians of the Village of Our Lady of Lourdes, near the Mission of Luluabourg, 1897 | [344] |
| Drying Rubber in the Forest (Kassai) | [348] |
| Mission Children at New Antwerp | [358] |
| A Beautiful Spot in Mayumbe | [366] |
| Interior of Cathedral, Baudouinville (Tanganyika) | [374] |
| Sisters of New Antwerp Teaching Natives to Weave | [374] |
| Building a Bridge for the Cataracts Railroad, 1897 | [382] |
| Christian Child, New Antwerp (Bangala) | [390] |
| Fetich-Idol, Lower Congo | [390] |
| Coffee-Drying Grounds, Coquilhatville (Equateur) | [398] |
| Bakusu Woman (Lualaba-Kassai) | [398] |
| Village near Coquilhatville. A Native Attempt to Copy the European Style | [406] |
| Melting Latex of Rubber in Forest of Lusambo (Lusambo-Kassai) | [412] |
| Soldiers’ Mess at Coquilhatville (Equateur) | [420] |
| Public Library, Matadi | [420] |
| The Station at Bumba | [426] |
| Convent of Franciscans of St. Gabriel of the Falls (Oriental Province) | [434] |
| Prison, with Carpenter’s Shop, at New Antwerp (Bangala) | [446] |
| Native Planter’s House, near Stanley Falls | [446] |
| Mission of New Antwerp (Bangala) | [460] |
| The Sultan Djabbir | [482] |
| Father Kisouru of the New Antwerp Mission (Bangala) | [482] |