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| King Munza in full dress | [Frontispiece] |
| Remarkable head-dress of the Niam-niam | [7] |
| Knives, scimitars, trumbashes, and shield of the Niam-niam | [10] |
| Niam-niam warrior | [11] |
| Niam-niam warriors | to face [12] |
| Clay pipes of the Niam-niam | [14] |
| Niam-niam dog | [15] |
| Niam-niam granary | [20] |
| Bamogee: or hut for the boys | [21] |
| Niam-niam handicraft | [26] |
| Munza’s residence | to face [63] |
| Breed of cattle from the Maoggoo country | [64] |
| Goat of the Momvoo | [69] |
| King Munza dancing before his wives | to face [74] |
| King Munza’s dish | [79] |
| Monbuttoo warriors | [103] |
| Monbuttoo woman | [105] |
| Weapons of the Monbuttoo | [107] |
| Spear-heads | [111] |
| Hatchet, spade, and adze, of the Monbuttoo | [112] |
| Wooden kettle-drum | [113] |
| Single seat used by the women | [114] |
| Seat-rest | [115] |
| Water-bottles | [116] |
| Bomby the Akka | [130] |
| Nsewue the Akka | [134] |
| Dinka pipe | [146] |
| View on the Keebaly, near Kubby | to face [158] |
| A gallery-forest | to face [166] |
| Mohammed defies his enemies | to face [177] |
| Our daily life in camp | to face [194] |
| Suspension-bridge over the Tondy | to face [244] |
| Horns of Central African Eland | [249] |
| Golo woman | [350] |
| Corn-magazine of the Golo | [352] |
| Kredy hut | [375] |
| Interior of Kredy hut | [376] |
| “Karra,” the magic tuber | [399] |
| A Bongo concert | [404] |
| Slave-traders from Kordofan | to face [410] |
| Babuckur slave | [420] |
| Slave at work | [424] |
| Hunting reed-rats | [447] |
| Far-el-boos. (Aulacodus Swinderianus) | [449] |
| Bongo village, near Geer | to face [461] |
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SKETCH MAP OF Dᴿ SCHWEINFURTH’S ROUTES 1868-1871.
London. Sampson Low & Cᵒ. Lith. v. C. Korbgeweit, Berlin.
THE HEART OF AFRICA.
CHAPTER XIII.
The Niam-niam. Signification of the name. General characteristics. Distinct nationality. Complexion and tattooing. Time spent on hair-dressing. Frisure à la gloire. Favourite adornments. Weapons. Soldierly bearing. A nation of hunters. Women agriculturists. The best beer in Africa. Cultivated plants. Domestic animals. Dogs. Preparation of maize. Cannibalism. Analogy with the Fans of the West Coast. Architecture. Power of the princes. Their households. Events during war. Immunity of the white man. Wanton destruction of elephants. Bait for wild-fowl. Arts and manufactures. Forms of greeting. Position of the women. An African pastime. Musical taste. Professional jesters and minstrels. Praying machine. Auguries. Mourning for the dead. Disposal of the dead. Genealogical table of Niam-niam princes.