CONTENTS. xxni 



CHAPTEE XIX. 



JOtTRNET TO THE COAST, 



Arrival at Mongon — 'Magonga recounts the Story of our Adventures to tlie 

 Villagers — Reiich Niembouai — Mistrust of the l\ople — Eesritution of 

 Stolen Property — Magoutia coosents to guide us to Mokenga — Reach 

 the last of the Ashango Villages — Passage into Ishogo-land, and out of 

 danger of Pursuit — Magnuga's Diplomacy — Arrival at Mokenga — 

 Friendly Reception — Magouga delivers us safely into the hands of the 

 Villagers — My Men exaggerate the Deeds of Valour they had [lerformed 

 — Arrival at Yengne — Project of descending the Ogonlon in a Canoe — ■ 

 Lose our Way — Distant View of the Apono Pruirie — Igonnibie — 

 Peach Molsaba — The Kgoiiyai — March to Ncliiengain's — Cross the River 

 — >;chient;ain's VilU'^e — Reception at Mayolo — Operation of the African 

 Law of Inheritance — March to Ashira-land — Alarm of tlie Ashira 

 People — Avoid Olenda — Sojourn at Angouka's — Cross the Ofoubon — 

 Qnengueza's Encampment — Sorrows of the old King — Devastations of 

 the Plague at Gounibi — Quengueza wants to go to tlie White Man's 

 Country — Descend the River — Arrival at "Plateau" — Gratitude of the 

 Commi People — Departure for England Page 371 



CHAPTEE XX. 



PHYSICAL GEOGEAPHT AND CLIMATE. 



Great Forest of Equatorial Africa— Scanty Population— Scarcity or absence 

 of large African Animals — Hilly Ranges — River Systems— The Ogohai 

 — French exjiloring expeditions — Amount of rain — Seasons — Rainy 

 climate of Ceuti-al Equatoiinl Africa— Temperature — Heat of the sun's 

 rays — Coolness of the forest shades .■ 406 



CHAPTEE XXI. 



ETHNOLOGY. 



Isolation of the tribes in the interior of Western Equatorial Africa — Scan- 

 tiness of the Po|mlation — Divisions of tribes and clans — Patriarchal 

 form of Government — Comparison of Customs betwten Westein Equa- 

 torial tribes and Eastern — Laws of inheritance — Cannibalism — Migra- 

 tions always towaids the West — Decrease of Population — Its Causes — 

 The Alrican race doomed to extinction 424 



