CHAPTEH XVII. 



THE COUNTRY BETWEEN THE GABOON AND THE 

 NAZARETH. 



" Two daughters have I ; all the day 

 Thy handmaid one shall be, 

 The other — and the fairer far — 

 By night shall cherish thee. 

 The one shall be thy waiting-maid, 

 Thy weary feet to lave, 

 To scatter perfumes on thy head, 

 And fetch thee garments brave. 

 The other— she — the pretty one — 

 Shall deck her bridal bower, 

 And my field and my city 

 They shall both be her dower." 



Old Moorish Ballad. 



The Mafouga creek. — "Fortuna." — "Bush chop." — The route. — 

 " N'cheri." — Prairie lands. — A ' chimpanzee shot. — Gallenja- 

 bah.— King Bapi's hospitality.— The bush.— A game country. 

 — A python killed. — Strange taste. — Plenty of food.— A new 

 antelope.— The first signs of gorillas.— The trail.— Gorillas 

 wounded.— A young one caught. — His escape.— A thief caught 

 and punished.— Preparations for a move. 



As I heard very good accounts of the game to be 

 found in the forests between the Gaboon and the 



