CHAPTER XV. Going into the interior--Sleeping with the king's rats--The chimpanzee--Kill a gazelle--Too cold to sleep--The grey partridge 109
CHAPTER XVI. The hippopotamus--A speck of war--Reach Ngola--A Sunday talk--The black man's God and the white man's God--How King Njambai punished his wife--We build an olako in the woods 117
CHAPTER XVII. An unsuccessful hunt for elephants--I take aim at a buffalo--A leopard in the grass near us--We shoot the leopard and her kitten--Great rejoicing in camp--Who shall have the tail?--A quarrel over the brains--The guinea hens--The monkeys 125
CHAPTER XVIII. Alone in camp--Hunting for elephants--Aboko kills a rogue--I cut another python in two--We shoot some wild boars--A buffalo hunt--Return to Sangatanga--King Bango sick 133
CHAPTER XIX. A jolly excursion party--A race for the fishing banks--The Oroungou burial-ground 143
CHAPTER XX. Our camp at Point Fetish--An African watering-place--Fishing, but not bathing--The sharks--Curing mullets, etc.--Turning turtles--Bird shooting--A leopard springs upon us 149
CHAPTER XXI. Bound for the interior--A sea voyage--A tornado--We reach the Fernand-Vaz--Sangala wishes to detain me--A night alarm--Prospect of a war--Arrayed for battle--A compromise--My Commi friends 157
CHAPTER XXII. I build a village, and call it Washington--I start for the interior--My speech on leaving--The people applaud me vociferously, and promise to be honest--We reach Aniambia--The "big king," Olenga-Yombi--A royal ball in my honour--The superstitions of the natives--A man tossed by a buffalo 169
CHAPTER XXIII. Capture of a young gorilla--I call him "Fighting Joe"--His strength and bad temper--He proves untameable--Joe escapes--Recaptured--Escapes again--Unpleasant to handle--Death of "Fighting Joe" 179
CHAPTER XXIV. The hippopotamus--A duel--Shooting on the river--Nearly upset--A night-hunt on land--My companion fires and runs--Appearance and habits of the hippopotamus 189
CHAPTER XXV. Visit of King Quengueza--I promise to visit him--The kindness of the Commi--The dry season of the Fernand-Vaz--Plenty of birds and fishes--The marabouts--The eagles--A bad wound 199
CHAPTER XXVI. Another expedition to Lake Anengue--Difficult passage up the river--The crocodiles--King Damagondai and his troubles--I buy an mbuiti, or idol 207