Many of the volumes consulted in the preparation of the book are named in the narrative, but circumstances made it inconvenient to refer to all. Among the volumes most freely used are the works of the following authors: Stanley's "Through the Dark Continent" and "Coomassie and Magdala;" Livingstone's "Travels and Researches in South Africa," "Expedition to the Zambesi," and "Last Journals;" Schweinfurth's "The Heart of Africa" (two volumes); Barth's "Discoveries in North and Central Africa" (three volumes); Speke's "Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile;" Burton's "The Lake Regions of Central Africa;" Long's "Central Africa;" Baker's "The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia" and "Ismailïa;" Reade's "Savage Africa;" Bourne's "African Discovery and Adventure" (two volumes); Wilson's "Western Africa;" Baldwin's "Hunting in South Africa;" Cumming's "A Hunter's Life in Africa;" Silver's "Hand-book to South Africa;" Cameron's "Across Africa;" Serpa-Pinto's "Comment J'ai Traversé L'Afrique" (two volumes); Du Chaillu's "Equatorial Africa," "Ashango Land," "Wild Life Under the Equator," "My Apingi Kingdom," and "Lost in the Jungle;" Anderson's "Lake Ngami;" and lastly, several authors whose narratives have appeared in Le Tour du Monde. The publishers have kindly allowed the use of illustrations which have appeared in previous volumes relating to the African continent, in addition to those specially prepared for this work. The maps in the front and rear covers were drawn from the best authorities, and are intended to embody all recent discoveries.

With this explanation of his methods, and the acknowledgment of his indebtedness to numerous explorers and writers, the author submits the adventures of Frank and Fred in Africa to the press and public that have so kindly received the narratives of the previous travels of those youths.

T. W. K.

CONTENTS.

[CHAPTER I.]Preparations for the Journey.—From Cairo to Korosko.
[CHAPTER II.]Leaving Korosko.—Early Explorers of the Nile Valley.
[CHAPTER III.]From Korosko to Aboo Hamed.—The Nile Again.—Adventure with a Crocodile.
[CHAPTER IV.]Berber and Shendy.—Hunting the Hippopotamus.—Terrible Revenge of an Ethiopian King.
[CHAPTER V.]Life in Khartoum.—Departure for Gondokoro.
[CHAPTER VI.]Among the Shillook Negroes.—Arrival at Fashoda.—Explorers of the Nile.
[CHAPTER VII.]An Antelope Hunt.—Guinea-worms, White Ants, and Great Snakes.
[CHAPTER VIII.]The Dinkas and Baris.—Gondokoro.—Annexation to Egypt.
[CHAPTER IX.]An Elephant Hunt.—Marching Southward from Gondokoro.
[CHAPTER X.]A Fishing Excursion.—Encountering a Hippopotamus.—The Country of the Nyam-Nyams.
[CHAPTER XI.]Arrival at Afuddo.—Division of Routes.—Frank's Departure.
[CHAPTER XII.]Departure of the Two Expeditions.—In the Shooli Country.—Attacked in an Ambuscade.
[CHAPTER XIII.]Frank on a Hunting Excursion.—Driving the Plain with Fire.
[CHAPTER XIV.]Arrival at Fatiko.—The March Continued.—Frank's Antelope Hunt.
[CHAPTER XV.]An Elephant Hunt.—Crossing the Victoria Nile.—Arrival at Foueira.—King Rionga and his People.
[CHAPTER XVI.]The Albert N'yanza.—Account of its Discovery.—Incidents of the First Day's Voyage.
[CHAPTER XVII.]A Day on an Island.—Incidents of Hunting and Fishing.—Lake-dwellings of Central Africa.
[CHAPTER XVIII.]Dr. Livingstone and his Discoveries.
[CHAPTER XIX.]From the Albert N'yanza to Foueira.
[CHAPTER XX.]Depart from Foueira.—Interview with King Rionga.—The Plateau of Central Africa.—Explorations of the Niger.
[CHAPTER XXI.]Travels of Dr. Rohlfs.—The Tsetse-fly.—Through Unyoro.
[CHAPTER XXII.]The March Through Ugunda.—Arrival at King M'tesa's Palace.
[CHAPTER XXIII.]Ceremonies at M'tesa's Court.—The Telephone in Africa.
[CHAPTER XXIV.]At M'tesa's Court.—Visit to the Victoria N'yanza.—Astonishing the King.
[CHAPTER XXV.]An Excursion on the Victoria N'yanza.
[CHAPTER XXVI.]Ripon Falls.—The Outlet of the Victoria N'yanza.
[CHAPTER XXVII.]Return to Rubaga.—Farewell to M'tesa.—Voyage Down the Victoria N'yanza.
[CHAPTER XXVIII.]The Alexandra Nile.—Fred's Description of the West Coast of Africa.
[CHAPTER XXIX.]A Description of South Africa.—English Colonies.—Ostrich Farming.
[CHAPTER XXX.]Resuming the March.—Mirambo's Country.—Hunting Zebras.—Description of the Soko.
[CHAPTER XXXI.]To Mirambo's Capital.—Stanley's Work on the Livingstone.
[CHAPTER XXXII.]Unyamyembe.—Among the Arabs.—Marching Toward the Coast.
[CHAPTER XXXIII.]Incidents of the Journey to the Coast.—Conclusion.

ILLUSTRATIONS

[The Heart of Africa.]
[Map of Africa.]
[Map of Central Africa.]
["The Carriage is Ready!"]
[Fred's Quandary.]
[The First Shave.]
[Camp and Caravan.]
[A Group of Porters.]
[Dr. Schweinfurth Ascending the Nile.]
[An African Horizon.]
[A Village in "the Dark Continent."]
[The Native at Home.]
[Arab Slave-traders.]
[A Slave-gang on the Road.]
[Baker's Expedition Crossing the Desert.]
["The Forty Thieves."]
[View on the Bahr-el-Azrek.]
[Pilgrims on the Road to Mecca.]
[The Guide in the Desert.]
[A Mirage in the Desert.]
[Sunrise on the Sea of Sand.]
[Scene at the Wells.]
[Mountain Pass in the Desert.]
[Dragging a Crocodile to Land.]
[Securing a Supper.]
[The Home of Behemoth.]
[An African River Scene.]
[A Narrow Escape.]
[Hippopotamus Spears.]
[Spearing the River-horse.]
[A Berber Arab.]
[Sheep of Berber.]
[View in the Atbara Valley.]
[An Ethiopian King.]
[Arrival at Khartoum.]
[Elephants at Home.—Shaking a Fruit-tree.]
[Profiles of Dinka Negroes.]
[Bringing a Slave to Market.]
[Trees near the River.]
[View near the Edge of the Town.]
[Preparing Dinner.]
[Baker's Expedition Leaving Khartoum.]
[A Village Scene.]
[The Heart of Africa.]
[A Bird of the White Nile.]
[An Ambatch Canoe.]
[An Adventure on the Nile.]
[Speke and Grant in Central Africa.]
[Group of Gani Men.]
[Karuma Falls, on the Victoria Nile (Somerset River).]
[View of Fashoda.]
[Scene on the White Nile above the Sobat.]
[Hauling a Steamboat through a Canal Cut in the Sudd.]
[Nests of White Ants.]
[A Herd of Antelope.]
[A Slave-making Ant, Magnified.]
[Colonel Long's Great Snake.]
[Python Seizing its Prey.]
[Head of a Dinka Bull.]
[Sectional View of Dinka Hut.]
[A Dinka Cattle-yard.]
[A Sheep without Wool.]
[A Dinka Village near the White Nile.]
[Ceremony at Gondokoro on its Annexation to Egypt.]
[Austrian Mission-house at Gondokoro.]
[View of Gondokoro, from the River.]
[Colonel Abd-el-Kader.]
[Bari Arrows and Elephant-spear.]
[Baris Stealing Cattle from the Garrison at Gondokoro.]
[African Drums.]
[The Nile below Afuddo.]
[A Nyam-Nyam Girl.]
[Entrance of the Lake.]
[Nyam-Nyam Warriors.]
[Elephant Coming to Drink.]
[Elephants Hunted in the Water.]
[The Navigable Nile above the Last Cataracts.]
[Saddle-donkeys.]
[Marching through the Bari Country.]
[Camp Scene.]
[One of the Cooks.]
[The Second Day's March.]
[Fishing Village in an African Lake.]
[Stampeding the Caravan.]
[Halting-place near a Pond.]
[Hippopotamus Attacking a Raft.]
[A Night Attack by a River-horse.]
[Tying Up Ivories for the March.]
[Removing a Village.]
[A Nyam-Nyam Dog.]
[Singular Head-dress of a Nyam-Nyam.]
[Hut for Boys.]
[A Nyam-Nyam Granary.]
[An Akka Warrior.]
[Dr. Schweinfurth's Pygmy.]
[Standing for his Portrait.]
[Crossing a Marsh.]
[A Wet Road.]
[A Snake in Camp.]
[Scene near Afuddo.]
[A Caravan of an Ivory-trader.]
[An Ivory Porter.]
[The Central African Steamer Khedive.]
[Winwood Reade's Ox and Hammock Train.]
[Near the Shore of the Lake.]
[Crossing a Small Stream.]
[An Attraction for a Hyena.]
[Attack in an Ambuscade.]
[Two of our Porters.]
[Antelope of the Shooli Country (Female).]
[Antelope of the Shooli Country (Male).]
[A Village Headman.]
[An African Magician Superintending the Slaughtering of an Ox.]
[A Native Ferry.]
[Net-hunting by the Shooli Tribe.]
[Driving Game before a Prairie Fire.]
[The River Bank.]
[Frank's Bird.]
[Rocky Hills.]
[Great Rock near the Camp.]
[Peculiar Table-rock in the Bari Country.]
[Baker's Battle with the Slave-dealers.—Charge of the Egyptian Soldiers.]
[Crossing a Plain.]
[Fort Fatiko.]
[Ground-plan of the Fort.]
[View from the Rock-fort of Fatiko.]
[Camp where Captain Speke was Detained.]
[N'samma Antelope.]
[Charge of a Lioness.]
[A Dangerous Position.]
[Frank's Discovery: a "Rogue" Elephant.]
[Navigation under Difficulties.]
[An Unpleasant Acquaintance.]
[The Victoria Nile at Rionga's Island.]
[Interview between Baker Pacha and Rionga.]
[Water-bottle.]
[Gourds of different Shapes.]
[Lake Scene in Central Africa.]
[Scene on the Shores of Lake Tanganyika.]
[A Lake Village.]
[Lake Fishes of Central Africa.]
[A Fisherman Ready for Work.]
[A Fish-basket.]
[A Village Chief.]
[Native Heads.]
[On the Shore of the Lake.]
[An Island in the Lake.]
[A Flock of Cranes.]
[Fred's Second Prize.]
[A Pair of Kingfishers at Home.]
[Fish-eagle on a Hippopotamus Trap.]
[Central African Yam.]
[Potato and Yam Fields.]
[The Kilnoky.]
[Young Polypterus.]
[Lake Mohrya, with Villages.]
[A House in the Water.]
[Ideal Representation of a Swiss Lake-village.]
[Livingstone's House at Zanzibar.]
[David Livingstone.]
[Chuma and Susi.]
[Page from Livingstone's Last Journal.]
[The Last Mile of Livingstone's Journey.]
[Livingstone Entering the Hut where he Died.]
[Fording a Swollen River.]
[A Lion Killing Livingstone's Donkey.]
["Goree," or Slave-stick.]
[Manner of Fettering a Gang of Slaves.]
[Slavers Avenging their Losses.]
[Quilimane, at the Mouth of the Zambesi.]
[View on the Navigable Part of the Zambesi.]
[The Great Falls of Mosi-oa-tunya.]
[Bird's-eye View of Mosi-oa-tunya.]
[Caravan Crossing a Plain.]
[Scene in an African Village.]
[Crossing a River on a Fallen Tree.]
[Goatsucker ("Cosmetornis Spekii").]
[A Camp near the Hills.]
[Kawendé Surgery.]
[A Pair of Sham Demons.]
[An African Band of Music.]
[Sham Demons Ready for Business.]
[View on the Road.]
[The King's Residence.]
[Kabba Rega's Attack and Defeat.]
[Thatched Hut in Rionga's Village.]
[The Country Back from the River.]
[Crossing a River in Unyoro.]
[Effect of a Long Rain in Africa.—Animals Seeking Safety.]
[Sunset on Lake Tchad.]
[Scene on the Niger at Say.]
[View of Kabara, the Port of Timbuctoo.]
[Timbuctoo, from the Terrace of the House Occupied by Dr. Barth.]
[A Village on the Guinea Coast.]
[Scene near Lake Tchad.]
[An Amazon of Dahomey.]
[1, the Tsetse; 2, the same, Magnified; 3, its Proboscis.]
[Colonel Long's Battle at M'rooli.]
[Colonel Long's Companions at M'rooli.]
[A Group of Kidi Men.]
[A Substitute for the Horse.]
[Approaching Camp.]
[A Queen of Ugunda Dragged to Execution.]
[Kamrasi's First Lesson in the Bible.]
[Mountains in the Distance.]
[Villages in the Hilly Country.]
[Flag of Ugunda.]
[Long's First Visit to M'tesa.]
[Ugunda Boy.]
[View of M'tesa's Palace from Doctor Bronson's Zeriba.]
[A Warrior of Ugunda.]
[View of Rubaga from the Great Road.]
[A Reception at the Court of King M'tesa.]
[A Tree of Ugunda.]
[A Daughter of King M'tesa.]
[King of Ugunda Retiring.]
[Native of Ugunda, with Hunting Spear.]
[The King's Musicians.]
[Visitors in the Zeriba.]
[Captain Speke Attending a Review of the Ugunda Troops.]
[Henry M. Stanley.]
[On the Road to the Lake.]
[Ugunda Boat.]
[View of Murchison Creek.]
[Hills Back from the Lake.]
["Elephant's Foot," or "Gouty-limbed," Tree.]
[Trees and Climbing Plants in Central Africa.]
[Charging a Retort in a Gas Factory.]
[Diagram of Gas-works.]
[Frank's Gas-retort.]
[Seeing the Show.]
[M'tesa's Idea for Crossing Africa.]
[Returning from an Excursion.]
[The King's Slaves Carrying Fuel and Cutting Rice.]
[An African Drum-corps.]
[Lake Scenery in Central Africa.]
[Kambari Fish.]
[Fred's Experiment in Cooking Fish.]
[On the Lake.]
[Jack.]
[Ripon Falls: the Nile Flowing Out of the Victoria N'yanza.]
[A Group of Hippopotami.]
[Ready for Business.]
[Trouble in the Rhinoceros Family.]
[Bad for the Dog.]
[Rhinoceros Heads.]
[Speke Delivering the Spoils of his Hunt to King Rumanika.]
[In Captivity.]
[Village and Villagers.]
[An Unpleasant Encounter.]
[Antelopes among the Marshes near Usavara.]
[Native of Unyamwezi.]
[Natives of the Islands.]
[Boats for Lake Navigation.]
[An African Soko.]
[Arms and Ornaments.]
[View of the Uplands in Karagué.]
[The Lady Alice, in Sections.]
[Native Village on the Gold Coast.]
[Cape Coast Castle.]
[Monrovia, Liberia.]
[Free Town, Sierra Leone.]
[A Street in Coomassie.]
[A Village in Ashantee.]
["Young Guinea".]
[Fantee Gentleman and Soldier.]
[The Burning of Coomassie.]
[A Belle of the Guinea Coast.]
[View of Elmina, on the Gold Coast.]
[Native of Cape Colony.]
[Emigrating to the South African Wilderness.]
[The "March of Civilization."]
[Scene in the South African Diamond Mines.]
[Driving a Flock of Ostriches.]
[The Ostrich and its Hunters.]
[Hunting under Disadvantages.]
[What Fred hoped for.]
[The Ostrich's Natural Enemy.]
[One of the Guides.]
[A Royal Residence in Unyamwezi.]
[War Dance of Mirambo's Followers.]
[Natives Bringing Provisions for Sale.]
[A Protected Village.]
[The Zebra at Home.]
[An African Tembé.]
[Manyuema Hunters Killing Sokos.]
[Rocks by the Wayside.]
[Crossing a Stream.]
[Weapons of the Natives.]
[Man of Massi Kambi.]
[Hill-country near Mirambo's Capitol.]
[Porters and Woman and Child of Usagaru.]
[Hut at Kifuma.]
[Stanley's Voyage on the Livingstone.—Battle with the Natives.]
[Frank Pocock, Stanley's Companion on the Livingstone.]
[Stanley's Expedition Recuperated and Re-clad after Crossing the "Dark Continent."]
[Trading Station on the West Coast of Africa.]
[Curious Head-dress.]
[The Height of Fashion.]
[The First Cataract of the Livingstone.]
[Stanley's Expedition Descending the Livingstone.]
[A Deserter Brought Back.]
[A Native Guard.]
[Said bin Amir's House.]
[Getting Ready for the Road.]
[Halting-place under a Sycamore.]
[A House in Unyamyembe.]
[Unyamwezi Heads.]
[Members of the Caravan.]
[Grinding Meal for Supper.]
[Storehouse for Grain.]
[An African Ferry.]
[Crossing a Plain.]
[A Pond by the Wayside.]
[Capturing a Leopard.]
[Ugogo Heads, with Distended Ears.]
[Women of Ubudjwa.]
[Crossing a River on a Fish-weir.]
[Camp on the Edge of the Makata Swamp.]
[View of Zanzibar from the Sea.]
[From Bagamoya to Zanzibar.]