LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xi 



PAGE 



Alulu girls bringing water and firewood into camp 312 



Alulu village in the hill country on the west bank of the Nile 317 



Uganda. The bad boy of Africa, a bull buffalo 317 



At a rest camp during the journey from Pakwach to Ania. . . 318 



A small Alulu boy takes his brother for a ride 318 



Alulu mother. Her costume consists of a bunch of grass. 



The baby's head is covered with a bowl 327 



An exceptional photograph of white rhinoceroses 328 



District chief Asanga, a typical pygmy of the Ituri Forest . . . 333 

 Ituri Forest Pygmies in Hoefler's Clearing, Belgian Congo . . . 334 

 The drums of the Ifi : a tom-tom used for dancing, and a long 



drum used to send messages 339 



A pygmy subchief being carried on the shoulders of two men. 



A young girl shades him with a large banana leaf 339 



A man of the Momvu tribe, who has been adopted into the 



pygmy kingdom, assists at a ceremonial 340 



Members of a pygmy family in Hoefler's clearing 349 



The Ifi yell leader, who leads all the chants and dances 350 



The chief takes a smoke 350 



Building a hut in the Belgian Congo 359 



One of the government ferries in the Belgian Congo 359 



Elephants in the forest north of Api, near the Uere River 360 



Enormous dugout canoes at Bangui 369 



Another view of an elephant herd in the Belgian Congo 369 



The grass huts which looked like inverted funnels 370 



Near Fouroumbala, French Congo. Notice the covered dug- 

 out canoes and the luxuriant tropical vegetation 370 



Belgian Congo. The lady with the envied profile 375 



Some tribes in the Congo bind the heads of their children. . . 375 

 A primitive woman of the French Congo. Her entire kitchen 



equipment is shown in the photograph 375 



Dugout canoes on the River Chari, near Fort Archambault . , 376 



The author visits a tribe of giants 376 



Village of Kiya Be, French Congo 385 



Women of the Sara Kyabe. The practice of distending the 

 Ups originated in an attempt to prevent the slave hunters 

 from taking the women 386 



