CONTENTS.


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[CHAPTER I.]
[History][1]
[CHAPTER II.]
[Physical Geography—Character of Vegetation—Rivers][23]
[CHAPTER III.]
[The River Congo a Boundary—Slave Trade—Slavery—Ordeal by Poison—Insensibility of the Negro—Ingratitude][53]
[CHAPTER IV.]
[The River Congo—Banana—Porto da Lenha—Boma—Mussurongo Tribe—Pirates—Mushicongo Tribe—Fish—Palm Chop—Palm Wine][81]
[ CHAPTER V.]
[Country from the River Congo to Ambriz—Vegetation—Trading—Civilization—Commerce—Products—Ivory—Musserra—Sleep Disease—Salt—Mineral Pitch][100]
[CHAPTER VI.]
[Ambriz—Trade—Malachite—Road to Bembe—Travelling—Mosquitoes—Quiballa to Quilumbo—Natives—Quilumbo to Bembe][152]
[CHAPTER VII.]
[Bembe—Malachite Deposit—Root Parasite—Engongui—Mortality of Cattle—Fairs—King of Congo—Receptions—Customs—San Salvador—Fevers—Return to Ambriz][189]
[CHAPTER VIII.]
[Character of the Negro—Fetish—Customs—Arms and War—Dress—Zombo Tribe—Burial—Insanity][238]
[CHAPTER IX.]
[Customs of the Mussubongo, Ambriz, and Mushicongo Negroes—Mandioca Plant; its Preparations—Chili Pepper—Bananas—Rats—White Ant—Native Beer—Strange Sounds][280]