An Englishwoman's twenty-five years in tropical Africa

by George Hawker

GEORGE HAWKER.

Anson Road, N. 1911.

CONTENTS

	PAGE
PREFACE	[v]
CHAPTER I
EARLY YEARS	[1]
CHAPTER II
BETROTHAL, BEREAVEMENT, AND DESIGNATION TO THE CAMEROONS	[19]
CHAPTER III
VOYAGE TO THE CAMEROONS, AND A SURFEIT OF ADVENTURES. 1884	[39]
CHAPTER IV
ORANGE BLOSSOMS AND IMMORTELLES. 1885	[64]
CHAPTER V
RETURN, MARRIAGE, AND JOURNEY TO CONGO. 1885-1887	[82]
CHAPTER VI
FIRST TERM AT SAN SALVADOR. 1887-1890	[102]
CHAPTER VII
SECOND TERM AT SAN SALVADOR	[128]
CHAPTER VIII
SECOND TERM AT SAN SALVADOR (continued)	[145]
CHAPTER IX
THE BUILDING OF THE NEW CHAPEL AT SAN SALVADOR, AND OTHER MATTERS	[165]
CHAPTER X
THE OPENING OF THE NEW CHAPEL AT SAN SALVADOR. SEPTEMBER, 1899	[184]
CHAPTER XI
PIONEERING IN ZOMBO: PERILS AND PROVIDENCES. 1898-1899	[198]
CHAPTER XII
LIFE AT KIBOKOLO	[227]
CHAPTER XIII
LIFE AT KIBOKOLO (continued)	[247]
CHAPTER XIV
A MISSION OF MERCY	[271]
CHAPTER XV
LAST FURLOUGH	[281]
CHAPTER XVI
SETTLEMENT AT KIMPESE	[299]
CHAPTER XVII
THE FIRST SESSION AND THE LAST VOYAGE. 1909	[312]
CHAPTER XVIII
CHARACTERISTICS	[333]
APPENDIX	[343]
INDEX	[348]

ILLUSTRATIONS

Mrs. Lewis. Portrait	[Frontispiece]
Line Map of Africa Specially Indicating Cameroons and Congo	[xvi]
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Camden Road Baptist Church, London	[12]
Portraits: Mr. George Thomas, Mrs. Thomas, Miss Thomas, and Rev. Thomas Lewis	[52]
Chief Noso and part of his Family	[122]
Bwingidi (Evangelist’s Wife) and Girls’ School at Nkaba, an Out-station near San Salvador	[140]
San Salvador: Ruins of Ancient Portuguese Cathedral	[170]
San Salvador. Old School-chapel	[188]
San Salvador. New Chapel	[188]
Ferry over Nkisi River. Mrs. Lewis in Canoe	[224]
Home of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis at Comber Memorial Station, Kibokolo (1903)	[224]
The Dispensary at Kibokolo. Mrs. Lewis Standing in Doorway	[240]
Bridge over Lusengele Stream, near Comber Station, Kibokolo	[260]
Grass House at Kimpese in which Mr. and Mrs. Lewis lived during construction of Permanent Buildings (1908)	[302]
Kimpese: Kongo Training Institution. Part of Students’ Quarters	[312]
Kimpese: Kongo Training Institution. The Rev. Thomas Lewis (Principal), Mrs. Lewis, The Rev. S. E. Moon (A.B.M.U., Tutor), and Students (1909)	[324]

WEST CENTRAL AFRICA showing KAMERUN (CAMEROONS) and THE LOWER and MIDDLE CONGO