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Title: The Congo and Coasts of Africa

Author: Richard Harding Davis

Release Date: December 8, 2004 [EBook #14297]

Language: English

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THE CONGO AND COASTS OF AFRICA

By

RICHARD HARDING DAVIS, F.R.G.S.

AUTHOR OF "SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE," "THE SCARLET CAR,"
"WITH BOTH ARMIES IN SOUTH AFRICA," "FARCES,"
"THE CUBAN AND PORTO RICAN CAMPAIGNS"

ILLUSTRATIONS
FROM PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR
AND OTHERS

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
NEW YORK
1907

[Illustration (Frontispiece): Mr. Davis and "Wood Boys" of the
Congo.]

TO

CECIL CLARK DAVIS

MY FELLOW VOYAGER ALONG
THE COASTS OF AFRICA

CONTENTS

I
THE COASTERS 3

II
MY BROTHER'S KEEPER 32

III
THE CAPITAL OF THE CONGO 55

IV
AMERICANS IN THE CONGO 93

V
HUNTING THE HIPPO 118

VI
OLD CALABAR 142

VII
ALONG THE EAST COAST 176

ILLUSTRATIONS

MR. DAVIS AND "WOOD BOYS" OF THE CONGO _Frontispiece_

MRS. DAVIS IN A BORROWED "HAMMOCK," THE LOCAL MEANS
OF TRANSPORT ON THE WEST COAST 10

A WHITE BUILDING, THAT BLAZED LIKE THE BASE OF A
WHITEWASHED STOVE AT WHITE HEAT 22

THE "MAMMY CHAIR" IS LIKE THOSE SWINGS YOU SEE
IN PUBLIC PLAYGROUNDS 28

A VILLAGE ON THE KASAI RIVER 42

"TENANTS" OF LEOPOLD, WHO CLAIMS THAT THE CONGO
BELONGS TO HIM, AND THAT THESE NATIVE PEOPLE
ARE THERE ONLY AS HIS TENANTS 52

THE FACILITIES FOR LANDING AT BANANA, THE PORT OF
ENTRY TO THE CONGO, ARE LIMITED 56

"PRISONERS" OF THE STATE IN CHAINS AT MATADI 60

BUSH BOYS IN THE PLAZA AT MATADI SEEKING SHADE 70

THE MONUMENT IN STA