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[Sarimba Players, Congo.]

WEST AFRICAN STUDIES

BY

MARY H. KINGSLEY

AUTHOR OF “TRAVELS IN WEST AFRICA”

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS

LONDON

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED

NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

1899

All rights reserved

RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED

LONDON AND BUNGAY.

TO MY BROTHER

MR. C.G. KINGSLEY

AND TO MY FRIEND WHO IS DEAD

THIS BOOK IS

Dedicated