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XX CONTENTS. 



— My Sijeech to the People — Speech of Mayolo — Cui-iosity of the 

 Otando — A IWale, Duel— The Bashikouay Ants — A Precocious Thief 

 — Mdyolo again falls ill — Good news from the Apono country — Asto- 

 nishment of the Natives at the Musical-box and Magnets — Climate of 

 Mayolo — Deposit of Dew — The Otolknns — Recovery of Macondai — 

 The Alumbi Fetich — Departure from Mayolo Page 156 



CHAPTER X. 



THE OTANDO AND APONO REGION. 



Geographical Position of Mayolo — Splendour of the Constellations as seen 

 from the Equatorial Regions — The Zodiacal Light — Twiukhng of the 

 Stars — Meteoric Showers — The Otando and Apono Plains, or Prairies 

 — The Otando People a branch of the Ashira Nation — Their Customs — 

 Filing the Teeth— Tattooing— Native Do^is 203 



CHAPTER XL 



ANTS. 



The White Ants of the Prairies — The Mushroom-hived Termes — Interior 

 of their Hives — Three classes in each Community: Soldiers, Workers, 

 and Chiefs — Their mode of building — The Tree Ants — Curious struc- 

 ture of their Hives — Their process of constructing them — The Bark 

 Ants — Curious tunnels formed by them — The Forest Ants — Large size 

 of their Shelters or Hives — The stinging Black Ant 213 



CHAPTER XII. 



MAYOLO TO APONO -LAND. 



Leave Mayolo — Cross the Nomba Obana Hill — River Dooya — Arrival at 

 Mouendi — Timidity of the Inhabitants — The Chief Nchiengain — Ar- 

 rival of Apingi Men — Loss and Recovery of a Thermometer — Nocturnal 

 Reflections — African Story of the Sun and Moon — Smelling the White 

 Man's Presents — Passage of the Ngouyai — Hijipopotami and Crocodiles ; 

 seasons of their scarcity and abundance — Arrival at Dilolo — Opposition 

 of the Inhabitants to our entering the Village — Pluck of my Commi 

 Boys — Arrival at Mokaba — My system of a Medicine Parade for my 

 Men 230 



