CONTENTS. XXI 



CHAPTER XIII. 



THE MAKOH THEOUGH APONO-LAND. 



Mokabu — Curiosity of tlie People — Pienewed illness of Mayolo — His return 

 to Otandu — Nchienpain's Speech — 'I'he Apono ai;ree to take me to the 

 Ishogo country — De.-cription of tlie Apono Tribe — Tbeir sprightly 

 character — Arts — Weapuns — Population — Description of Mokaba — 

 Palm wine — Drunkenness — Ocuya Performances — Leave Mokaba — 

 Pdver Dougoundo — Arrival at Igoumbie — Invitation from the elders 

 of the village to remain there — Manners of the Ishogos — Description of 

 Igoumbie — The Ishogo huts — Arrival at Yengu^, in Ishogo-land 



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CHAPTEE XIY. 



JOURNEY THROUGH ISHOGO-LAND. 



Village of the Obongos or Dwarf Negroes — Their Dwellings — Absence of 

 the Inhabitants — The Elders and People of Yengue — Arrival of the 

 Chief of Yengue — War Dance of the Aponos— Ceremony of the Mpaza 

 • — An uproarious Night — Good conduct of the Apono Porters — The 

 Pdver Ogoidnn — Geographical Position and Altitude of Yengu^ — Pass- 

 age of the Ogouldu — i\Iarch to the Plateau of Moken'Aa — Eastern Limits 

 of Ishogo-land— Quembila, King of Mukenga — Palavers — Contention 

 between Chiefs for the possession of the "Ihamba" — Panic in Mokenga 

 — Ee-adjustment of Baggage — Ishogo Porters 269 



CHAPTEE XV. 



FROM ISHOGO TO ASHANGO-LAND. 



The Ishogos — Their Modes of dressing the Hair — Isbogo Villages — 

 Picturesque Scenery — Granitic Boulders — Grooved Rocks — Leave 

 Mokenga — Cross the Dongon — Continued Ascent — Mount Migoma 



The Pdver Odiganga — Boundaries of Ishogo and Asbango-lands — 



Arrival at Magon^a — Plateau of Madombo — Mutiny of Ishogo Porters 



An unfriendly Vdlage — Elevated Country — Arrival and friendly 



Reception at Niembouai— The King's Wives — Prejudices of the Commi 



jijen Hear of a large River towards the East — The Ashangui Trite — 



The Obongos 285 



