CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEE I. 



THE VOYAGE. 



Objects of the Journey — Preparatory studies — Difficulties in obtainiDg a 

 l^assage — Departure from England — Arrival off the Coast — Miss the 

 mouth of the Fernand Vaz — Returu up the Coast — Excitemevit of the 

 Natives — Old acquaintances — Changes in the bar of the Paver — Choice 

 of a settlement near Djombouai's Villa2;e — Bonfires and rejoicings on 

 the river banks — Commencement of disembarkation — Dangerous state 

 of the shore — The boat upset in the breakers — Saved by the Negroes — 

 Loss of instruments and stores Page 1 



CHAPTER 11. 



THE FERNAND VAZ. 



Outlines of the Const region — The Ogobai — Prairies of the Fernand Vaz — 

 The Commi nation — Distribution of the Clans— Chief Panpano and 

 Lis Spells — Nev.'s of arrival sent to Quengueza, King of Uie Itembo — 

 Arrival of Quengueza — His alarm at the great wealth I had brought 

 him— A pet Chimpanzee, and his departure for England — Visit to 

 Elinde' and the mouth of the river — My illness — Tenderness of Pan- 

 pano — King Olenga-Yombi — Grand jalaver of Commi cliiefs — Permis- 

 sion granted me to ascend the river into the interior — Visit to my old 

 place and to Pinkimongani's grave — Superstition of the natives — The 

 Bola Ivoga — Pabolo's fetich — Departure of the Mentor for England 13 



CHAPTER III. 



EXCURSIONS IN SEARCH OF THE GORILLA AND THE in. 



Visit to King Oleniia-Yombi — Storm on tlio Fernand Vaz — Land journey 

 to Anianibie' — First traces of Gnrilla — Form of its tracks — Drunken 

 orgies of the King — Ma^ic i.sland ofNengu^ Kconia — Village of 

 Nkongon Mboumba — Search of the Ipi, or great Pangolin — Its habits — 



