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CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER XXVI. 
Fighting betimes—Blazing a path—We take an island by storm—A desperate***”" 
dilemma—Road-making under fire—A miraculous escape—A terrible march 
-—Peace by stratagem—Below the Fifth Cataract—Our cannibal captives 
Fighting the Wana-Rukura—The Wana-Kukura islanders—Approaching the 
Seventh Cataract—A deserted island—The Seventh Cataract of the Stanley 
Falls The first of the Cataracts—Clear of the Stanley Falls 467 
CHAPTER XXVII. 
Again in open water—Frank Pocock feels the position—The Mburra or Yaryembi 
A running fight—“ Ya-Mariwa I Ya-Mariwa ! ”—Our tactics of capture— 
Monster spears—Growing weai-y of fighting for life—The power of laughter 
—Fish creeks—A wasp swarm of canoes—Another invincible armacLi—A 
village of ivory—Relics of cannibal feasts—The Wellé of Schweinfurth— 
Hunted to despair—Their “ meat ” escapes the cannibals—Wild nature— 
Among friendly natives—The Congo I ,, 
CHAPTER XXViri. 
High art in tattooing—Suspicions friendliness—Friends or foes?—A treacherous 
attack—The fauna of the Livingstone—Among the “ Houyhynyms ” The 
“ Yaha-ha-has ”—Frank’s courage and narrow escape—Our fight with the 
Bangala—The mirage on the river—The great tributary of the Livingstone 
Among friends 
CHAPTER XXIX. 
Running the gauntlet—Kindly solitudes—Amina’s death—The humaniziag eíTccts 
of trade apparent—“ The most plausible rogue of all Africa ”—The king of 
Chumbiri ; his hospitality, wives, possessions, and cunning—Making up a 
language Pythons—The Ibari Nkutu or the Kwango—Treacherous guides 
The Stanley Pool—Chief Itsi of Ntamo—We have to give up our big goat 
River observations .. .. .. 
CHAPTER XXX. 
The struggle with the river renewed—Passing the “ Father ”—In the “ Cauldron ” 
—Poor Kalulu !—Soudi’s strange adventures—At the “ Whirlpool Narrows ” 
—Lady Alice Rapids—Our escape from death—“ Isles of Eden ” Thieves 
amongst us—The Inkisi Falls—The canoes dragged over the mountain 
Trade along the Livingstone—Ulcers and entozoa—An artful compound .. 539