PAUL DU CHAILLU.
August 15, 1900.
Contents
| Chapter | Page | |
|---|---|---|
| I. | The Guanionien, or Giant Eagle | [1] |
| II. | The Guanioniens’ Departure for the Land of Plenty | [9] |
| III. | The Ngozos, or Gray Parrots with Red Tails | [16] |
| IV. | The Nkemas, or Monkeys, travel toward the Land of Plenty | [30] |
| V. | Arrival of the Ngozos and Nkemas in the Land of Plenty | [43] |
| VI. | The Night Animals | [49] |
| VII. | The Njego, or Leopard | [51] |
| VIII. | Birth of Three Little Njegos | [60] |
| IX. | The Big Njego becomes a Man-eater | [65] |
| X. | The Hakos, or Ants | [73] |
| XI. | The Nchellelays, or White Ants | [75] |
| XII. | The Giant Nchellelays | [86] |
| XIII. | The Ngombas, or Porcupines | [91] |
| XIV. | The Ipi, or Giant Ant-eater | [97] |
| XV. | The Ngomba, or Porcupine—the Izomba, or Turtle—the Ipi, or Ant-eater | [101] |
| XVI. | The Ngooboo, or Hippopotamus | [106] |
| XVII. | A Fight for Miss Ngooboo | [116] |
| XVIII. | The Five Apes, or Men of the Woods | [120] |
| XIX. | The Nginas, or Gorillas, and Njokoos, or Elephants | [124] |
| XX. | The Nginas travel to a Plantain Field; their Strange Adventures | [134] |
| XXI. | The Njokoos, or Elephants, travel to the Plantain Field | [139] |
| XXII. | Arrival of the Human Beings who own the Plantain Field | [143] |
| XXIII. | The Three Nginas killed by Hunters | [145] |
| XXIV. | The Omembas, or Snakes | [156] |
| XXV. | A Huge Ombama, or Python | [158] |
| XXVI. | The Ntoto, or Ichneumon | [165] |
| XXVII. | The Iboboti, or Spider | [170] |
| XXVIII. | The Trap-door Iboboti, or Burrow Spider | [176] |
| XXIX. | The House Iboboti, or Night Spider | [184] |
| XXX. | The Nyoi, or Wasp, and the Iboboti | [188] |
| XXXI. | The Two Nkengos, or Pale-faced Apes | [191] |
| XXXII. | A Baby Nkengo is born to the old Nkengos | [204] |
| XXXIII. | The Ngandos, or Crocodiles | [210] |
| XXXIV. | The Ogata, or Burrow Crocodile | [216] |
| XXXV. | The Kambis, or Antelopes, the Ncheris, or Gazelles, and the Bongo | [220] |
| XXXVI. | The Oshingi, or Civet | [224] |
| XXXVII. | The Insects, Apilibishes, or Butterflies, and Oselis, or Lizards | [235] |
| XXXVIII. | The Njokoos, or Elephants | [238] |
| XXXIX. | Adventures of the New Njokoos | [244] |
| XL. | Evil Days for the Njokoos | [251] |
| XLI. | Njokoos and their Babies | [256] |
| XLII. | The Mboyos, or Jackals | [263] |
| XLIII. | The Nshieys, or Fish, and their Enemies | [268] |
| XLIV. | The Kongoo, one of the Fishing Eagles | [272] |
| XLV. | The Bashikouay Ants | [284] |
| XLVI. | The Darkening of the Day | [291] |
| XLVII. | The Ntungoolooya, or Kingfisher | [293] |
| XLVIII. | The Obongos, or Dwarfs | [297] |
| XLIX. | Adventures of a Nkengo and a Nshiego | [309] |
| Glossary of Native Animal-Names | [323] | |
List of Full-Page Illustrations
| “Here I am, dear, waiting for you” | [Frontispiece] |
|---|---|
| FACING PAGE | |
| “Here is a huge manga” | [39] |
| “He watched her” | [66] |
| “How they enjoyed their sea bath” | [115] |
| “Then ensued a terrible fight” | [117] |
| “He gave him a terrible bite” | [136] |
| “He attacked him, imbedding his teeth firmly in the back of his neck” | [166] |
| “All the others fled in terror and disappeared in the Great Forest” | [214] |
| “A pack of ugly-looking striped hyenas” | [266] |
| “The kongoo, using all his strength with his wings, gave several flaps” | [280] |
| “The poor njokoo fled for his life” | [288] |
The World of the Great Forest
CHAPTER I
THE GUANIONIEN, OR GIANT EAGLE
A guanionien, as he soared between the great forest and the sun, said to himself: “I am the lord of the air; I am the largest and most powerful of all the eagles of the land. I am called the leopard of the air. I feed on monkeys.”
Then he chuckled, the way the guanioniens do, and rose higher and higher in the sky at each circle that he made. It seemed as if he were going directly toward the sun. At last he flew so high that no eyes from the forest could see him.