CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGS 



Introduction xi 



I. How THE Sahara Happened 19 



II. The Dance of the Trees 27 



III. Riding the Bull 36 



IV. JosiAH 41 



V. Forest Folk 53 



VI. The Man Hunters 60 



VII. Katootero and His Honeybird 68 



VIII. How the Cock Became King of the Birds . -/(» 



IX. Flogging a Shadow 84 



X. The Bundi Speaks 91 



XI. The Gateway to Kenya ^^ 



XII. The Lure of Coffee 107 



XIII. MwiNiNYAGA, THE Great "White Spirit . 117 



XIV. The Secret of the Kiama 129 



XV. The Story of Munyai 145 



XVI. Dancing on the Equator 150 



XVII. Forest Magic 163 



XVIII. Adventures in the Mahogany Forests . . .172 



XIX. Growing Gold 182 



XX. The Feast of the Trees 191 



XXI. More African Friends of the Forest . . .201 



XXII. Trekking in the Tropics 210 



XXIII. A Lesson from the Elephants 218 



XXIV. In the Aberdares 227 



XXV. Some Forest Secrets 236 



XXVI. Tree Heritage 249 



XXVII. What Will the White Man Do Next? . . .270 



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