Congo life and folklore

by John H. Weeks

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CONGO LIFE AND FOLKLORE

Photo] A NATIVE VILLAGE. [Rev. R. H. Kirkland

THE MAIN PATH ON WATHEN STATION.
(Note the “Welcome” Banner.)

CONGO LIFE
AND FOLKLORE

Part I

LIFE ON THE CONGO

AS DESCRIBED BY A BRASS ROD

Part II

THIRTY-THREE NATIVE STORIES

AS TOLD ROUND THE EVENING FIRES

BY THE

REV. JOHN H. WEEKS

(BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY)

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

LONDON

THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY

4 BOUVERIE STREET; & 65 ST. PAUL’S CHURCHYARD, E.C.

1911

TO

MY COLLEAGUES, LIVING AND DEAD

WHOSE ARDUOUS LABOURS AND FAITHFUL LIVES HAVE

REDOUNDED TO THE GLORY OF CHRIST, AND

TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HIS KINGDOM IN CONGOLAND

AND TO

THOSE CO-WORKERS IN THE HOME-LAND

WHOSE GENEROSITY, PRAYERS AND KINDLY WORDS HAVE

SUPPORTED, STRENGTHENED AND ENCOURAGED

THEM ALL THESE YEARS, THIS BOOK

IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED