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[Illustration: GORILLA HUNTING. CHAP. XXXII.]
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CHAPTER II. Arrival on the coast--A king and his palace--Dancing and idol-worship 3
CHAPTER III. A week in the woods--A tornado--The leopards prowling about--I kill a cobra and a scorpion--Fight with a buffalo--Hunting for wild boars--A leopard takes a ride on a bull--Sick with the fever 13
CHAPTER IV. A village on the seashore--Lying in wait for a leopard 23
CHAPTER V. The Bay of Corisco--The mangrove trees--The wonderful flocks of birds--What I found in the pouch of a pelican--How an old king is buried, and the new king crowned 29
CHAPTER VI. An old man killed for witchcraft--My journey to the country of the cannibals--Starting on the route 37
CHAPTER VII. Our journey through the wilderness continued--A rebellion in camp--Nothing to eat--I shoot a fish and miss an elephant--I kill a big snake and the others eat him--My first sight of gorillas 47
CHAPTER VIII. I arrive among the cannibals--Their spears, bows, and battle-axes--They take me for a spirit--Their king shakes when he sees me--I give him a looking-glass--It astonishes him 59
CHAPTER X. Life among the cannibals--Curious musical instruments--Cooking utensils--A blacksmith's bellows and anvil--Cannibal diet 75
CHAPTER XI. Journey to Yoongoolapay--Hunting with nets--The terrible Bashikonay ants 83
CHAPTER XII. Returning to the coast--Caverns and waterfalls in the highlands--Crossing a river on mangrove roots--Stirring up a big snake--A mutual scare 89
CHAPTER XIII. Cape Lopez and an open prairie once more--King Bango and his three hundred wives--His five idols--Slave barracoons--The corpse and the vultures 97
CHAPTER XIV. Slave barracoons--A big snake under my bed--A slave-ship off the coast 103