CONTENTS. XXI 



CHAPTEE XIII. 



THE MARCH THROUGH APONO-LAND, 



Mokaba — Curiosity of tlie People — Pienewed illness of Mayolo — His return 

 to Otandu — Nc)iien<:ain's Speech — 'J'he Apono agree to take me to the 

 Ishogo country — Descriptiun of the Apono Tribe — Their sprightly 

 character — Arts — Weapons — Population — Description of Mokaba — 

 Palm wine — Drunkenness — Ocuya Performances — Leave Mokaba — 

 Piiver Dougoundo — Arrival at Igoumbie' — Invitation from the elders 

 of the village to remain there — Manners of the Ishogos — Description of 

 Igoumbie — The Ishugo huts — Arrival at Yengu^, in Ishogo-land 



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CHAPTER XIV. 



JOURNEY THROUGH ISHOGO-LAND. 



Village of the Obongos or Dwarf Negroes — Their Dwellings — Absence of 

 tlie Inhaliitanls — The Elders and People of Yengue' — Arrival of the 

 Chief of Yengue — War Dance of the A ponos— Ceremony of the Mpaza 

 — An uproarious Night — Good conduct of the Apono Porters — The 

 Piiver Ogonlou — Geographical Position and Altitude of Ycngu^ — Pass- 

 age of the Ogoulou — Match to the Pki'eau of Mokeniia — Eastern Limits 

 of Ishogo-land — Quemb.la, King of Mokenga — Palavers — Contention 

 between Chiefs for the possession of the " Ibamba" — Panic in Mokenga 

 — Re-adjustment of Baggage — Ishogo Porters 2G9 



CHAPTEE XV. 



FROM ISHOGO TO ASHANGO-LAJTD. 



The Ishogos — Their IModes of dressing the Hair — Ishogo Yillagps — 

 Picturesque Scenery — Granitic Boulders — Grooved Rocks — Leave 

 Mokenga — Cross the Dongon — Continued Ascent — Mount IMigoma 

 — The lliver Odigan;:a — Boundaries of Ishogo and Ashaugo-lands — 

 Arrival at Magoui/a — Plateau of Madombo — Mutiny of Ishogo Porters 

 — An imfriendly Village — Elevated Country — Arrival and friendly 

 Ileception at Niembouai— The King's Wives — Prejudices of the Comnii 

 Men — Hear of a large Piiver towards the East — The Ashangui Tril/e — 

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