xxiv CONTENTS. 



APPENDIX I. 



Descriptions of Three Skulls of Western Equatorial Africans— Fan, Ashira, 

 and Femand Vaz— with some Admeasurements of the rest of the Col- 

 lection of Skulls, transmitted to the British Museum from the Femand 

 Vaz, by P. B. Du Chaillu. By Prol'essor Owen, F.K.S., &o. Page 439 



APPENDIX II. 



Instruments used in the Expedition to Ashango-land — Observations for 

 Latitude— Observations for Lunar Distances- Heights of Stations — 

 Synopsis of Kesults 461 



APPENDIX III. 



Comparative Table of Words in several Languages of Western Equatorial 

 Africa 498 



LIST OF ILLUSTEATIONS. 



Eetreat from Ashango-land Frontispiece. 



Potamogale Velox Title. 



Ipi, or Scaly Ant-Eater To /ace p. 43 



Otaitai, or Porter's Basket ,, 84 



Group of Bakalai „ 91 



Gorillas surprised ia the Forest „ 93 



Prisoner in Nchogo ,, 137 



Nests of Mushroom Ants and Tree Ants .. „ 214 



Nest of Forest Ants „ 224 



Mokaba — Apono Village „ 250 



Ishogo Houses, with ornamented Doors „ 264 



Ishogo Fasliioiis — Oblique Chignon „ 285 



Ishogo Fashions — Horizontal Chignon ,, 286 



Ishogo Fashions — Vertical Chignon ,, 288 



Ishogo Fasliions — Male Head-Dress ,, 289 



Ishogo Loom and Shuttle ^^ 291 



Approach to the Camp of the Obongo Dwarfs „ 31G 



An African Group ^^ 329 



Fan Warriors. From a French Photograph , 424 



Fan Woman and Child. From a Fiench Photograph.. .. „ 431 



Skull, Male, Femand Vaz ^^ 441 



Skull, Male, Fan Trilie 445 



Skull, aged Female, Fan Tribe 443 



Map At the end. 



