This being the first detailed account of a most interesting and rich part of Tropical Africa, I leave it with confidence to the indulgence of my readers, assuring them that at all events a want of truth is not included in its shortcomings.

CONTENTS.

PAGE
[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]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Drawn on Wood by Mr. Edward Fielding; the Views from Sketches by Mrs. Monteiro, and from Photographs; the Implements, &c., from the Originals.

[Map] [Frontispiece.]
[Travelling in Angola—View near Ambriz] To face page [23]
[Porto da Lenha]” [81]
[View on the Congo, above Boma]” [99]
[Ankle-ring—Ring to ascend Palm-trees—Cage for carrying Ivory tusks—Engongui—Fetish figure—Mask—Pillow]” [140]
[Granite Pillar of Musserra—Wooden trumpet—Hoe—Pipe—Knives—Clapping hands and Answer]” [145]
[View in the hilly country of Quiballa—Camoensia maxima]” [177]
[Quilumbo]” [185]
[Bembe Valley]” [189]
[Bembe Peak]” [231]

ANGOLA AND THE RIVER CONGO.