CONTENTS vii 



CHAPTER XXVI 



ExpL(ji;ation of the Bamingi 



"Bin" has a fright, so had the hippo— The River Bahr-sara— Arrive at Fort Archam- 

 bault— The Kabba Sara tribe— The giant coffee trees— A Sara dance— Arrival at 



the Bamingi mouth— We start to explore the river— The Crocodile Rapids 



River scenery— The honey-guide— The hippo pool— Milk for our tea— A novel fish 



trap— Black-and-white monkeys — The baboons receive us — Birds of the river 



The forest'of tears— Loss of " Jaggra " — We discover a Banda village— Hostile 

 attitude of the natives- They think better of it on reflection— Description of 

 theBandas ■ .... Pp. 178-202 



CHAPTER XXVII 



From ths: Skari to the Ubangui 



We return— "Jaggra" redivivus— Elephants at play— An elephant hunt— Death of the 

 elephant— Back on the Shari— An eclipse of the sun— Gosling leaves for Fort 

 Crampel— Ascent of the Gribingi— A sunset effect— The Wujia tribe— My 

 arrival at Furt Crampel— The Munjia tribe— Talk about ju-ju— Signs of mutiny 

 — Deathof "Jaggra"— Ascentof the Nunna— Description of country— Arrival at 

 Krebeje— The N'dicongo tribe— Descent of the Tomi— Arrival at Kemmo 



Pp. 203-221 



CHAPTER XXVIII 



Our Journey ur the Ubangui 



Description of the river— The Roman Catholic Mission of St. Esprit— The Banziri 

 tribe— A severe fall— Description of the country— Luma island— The Blakka 



tvibe— A Blakka brawl— Arrival at Mobbai— Description of river scenerv 



Banzvville— The Bou-Bou tribe— Raven tresses— The forest begins— The Leti 

 tribe— My reception by the chief— The white queen— A new antelope— Back to 

 Banzyviile— On the road again- River scenery— The Set etna rapids— The 

 Yakoma tribe — Christmas — We attend the play . . . ]',,. 222-248 



CHAPTER XXIX 



Hunting the Okapi 



The derivation of the name Ubangui— Arrival at Yakoma— Iron mines— Ascent of 

 the Welle — The M'bira tribe- Character of the river— The free-and-easy chief— 

 The Voro rapids— The Kachi tribe— Frescoes— Boats spring a leak— The three 

 jovial huntsmen — The virtue of honey— Djabbir— Death in our crew— The Kenga 

 rapids— River scenery— Rumours of the okapi— arrival at Angu— "Mistress Anne " 

 —We set out to hunt the okapi— The Mobatti tribe— The heart of the forest- 

 Mobatti hunters— Strange animals— Native humour -Jose kills the okapi— An 

 emperor's feast— The story of the okapi's death— Hs habits and history— Little 

 " Mary "—Back to Argu Pp_ 249-268 



