So, as we wish to see a little African cousin in his own African home, we are going to visit little black Mpuke instead of little black Topsy or Sammy, whom we might see nearer by.

It's away, then, to Africa!

Contents

CHAPTER PAGE
I. The Boy [9]
II. Blacksmith and Dentist [17]
III. Work and Play [23]
IV. The Elephant Hunt [28]
V. Song and Story [35]
VI. The Battle Feast [46]
VII. The African Medicine-man [53]
VIII. The Gorilla [60]
IX. The Gorilla Hunt [70]
X. The Race of Dwarfs [76]
XI. How the Dwarfs Live [79]
XII. Spiders [85]
XIII. Land-Crabs [93]

List of Illustrations

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Mpuke[Frontispiece]
The Village[21]
Hunting Elephants[29]
"His followers look upon him with the greatest admiration"[47]
"He sat down on his haunches"[74]
"Afterward the whole roof is covered with leaves"[80]