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"I saw peeping through the leaves a black fierce face looking at us."

In African Forest and Jungle

By

Paul Du Chaillu

Author of
"King Mombo," "The World of the Great Forest," "The Viking Age,""The Land of the Long Night," "Ivar the Viking," "The Land of theMidnight Sun," "Explorations in Equatorial Africa," "Storiesof the Gorilla Country," "Wild Life under the Equator,""Lost in the Jungle," "My Apingi Kingdom,""The Country of the Dwarfs," etc., etc.

Illustrated by Victor Perard

New York,
Charles Scribner's Sons
1903

Copyright, 1903
By Charles Scribner's Sons

Published September, 1903

UNIVERSITY PRESS, JOHN WILSON
AND SON · CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.


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Contents

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CHAPTER I.
A canoe-voyage to the country of Rotembo the Chief—A toilet ofceremony—Rotembo's grotesque costume—A formalreception—Speeches of Rotembo and myself—A dance in myhonor—My presents to the chief—We become good friends1
CHAPTER II.
I propose to go into the forest to hunt—Rotembo promises methree gifts—Rogala, the famous hunter, the first ofthem—Description of Rogala—Andekko, the dog, the secondgift—Ndova, the monkey, the third—How Ndova was captured andreared—I give Rotembo some of my hair8
CHAPTER III.
Preparations for departure—Off for forest and jungle—A herd ofelephants—We camp for the night—Ndova calls monkeys of histribe within range—We kill two of them—Feeding on roastmonkey—A deserted house—A story of witchcraft21
CHAPTER IV.
The home of Rogala—His hunting-trophies—A weird spot—Aspectof the surrounding forest—Shinshooko and Alapai—Leopards inthe neighborhood30
CHAPTER V.[vi]
We build a leopard trap—A night on the watch—The beast appearsat last—Caught in the trap and soon despatched—Her mate killedthe following night—Excitement of Andekko and Ndova36
CHAPTER VI.
My hunters and I become great friends—Andekko and Ndova growfond of me—We take Ndova into the forest—He calls monkeys tous again—Andekko's prowess as
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