CONTENTS. TIT 



velox — Its habits — ^'y former di scri] tion of this Animal — Visit to 

 Aiigniilva — Iiiiinense Plantation of I'lantaiii-trees — Quarrel with Mpoto 

 nephew of Oleiida — Difiiculties and anxieties — First rumours of the 

 Small-pox Page 114 



CHAPTER VII. 



THE PLAGUE IN ASHIRA-LAND. 



Breaking out of the Small-pox Epidemic — Noble Conduct of Quengueza — 

 Departure of Quenguoza's People — Illness of the Porters — My Commi 

 Budv-gnard refuse to leave mo — Departure of part of the baggage to 

 Otando-land — Quengueza returns to Goumbi — Letters from Europe — 

 Death of Mpoto — Death of King Olenda — His burial — Cemetery of the 

 Ademba Chiefs — Wading for the Dead — Di-aih of Retonda — Arrival 

 of Messengers from ]\Iayolo — Distrust of tiie Natives — Trickery of 

 Arangui — I am robbed by the Ashira People — Diminution of the 

 Pestilence — Queugueza's message to the people of Oleuda .. .. 124 



CHAPTER VIII. 



FEOM OLENDA TO MAYOLO. 



Departure from Ashira-land — Passage of the Ovigui — Slave Village of 

 King Olenda — A Slave Chief — Difficulties with the Porters — More 

 Piobberics — llluess of Macondai — Leave him behind — TheOtando Range 

 of Hills — Picturesque Cascade in the Forest — Cross the L')uvendji — 

 More difficulties with the Porters— Hunger in the Forest — Men sent to 

 ilayolo for Relief — A Night in the Forest — Myth of Atungulu Shimba 

 — Koola Nut-trees — Search for Food — Meet with a Gorilla — A Hungry 

 Night — Unselfish act of the Ashira — Help arrives from Miyolo — 

 Mpegui Nuts — Arrival in Otando-land 139 



CHAPTER IX. 

 mIyolo. 



Arrival at Mayolo — Reception by the Chief — Discovery of more Losses — 

 I accuse the Ashira — Tlieir Flight — Seizure of a Hostage — Gathering of 

 the Head men of Otando — Mayolo falls ill — 1 am attacked by Fever — 

 Great Heat and Thunderstorm — Arrival of Macondai and Igalo — Their 

 Ill-treatment by the Ashira — Loss of Photographic Camera and 

 Chemicals — Surgical Practice of the Otando — A Female Doctor — ' 

 Matrimonial Squabbles — Mayolo's health improves — Witchcraft Ordeal 



