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AUTHOR’S PREFACE xxiii

FOREWORD xxxiii

PART I

I. THE AFRICAN “PORTER” 3

II. THE PADDLER AND HIS CANOE 10

III. THE AFRICAN FOREST 17

IV. A MEDLEY OF CUSTOMS 23

(_a_) CICATRIZATION 26

(_b_) PERSONAL ADORNMENT 31

(_c_) THE ANGEL OF DEATH 36

(_d_) PEACE AND ARBITRATION 40

V. THE NATIVE AS A MONEY MAKER 45

VI. THE AFRICAN WOMAN 52

PART II

CIVILIZATION AND THE AFRICAN

I. THE WHITE MAN’S BURDEN 75

II. LIGHTENING THE WHITE MAN’S BURDEN 81

III. GOVERNMENTS AND COMMERCE 87

IV. THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC 98

V. THE EDUCATED NATIVE 106

VI. JUSTICE AND THE AFRICAN 116

VII. RACE PREJUDICE 122

PART III

I. LABOUR—SUPPLY AND DEMAND 131

II. LAND AND ITS RELATION TO LABOUR 157

III. PORTUGUESE SLAVERY 168

IV. THE FUTURE OF BELGIAN CONGO 203

PART IV

MORAL AND MATERIAL PROGRESS

I. THE PRODUCTS OF THE OIL PALM 225

II. THE PRODUCTION OF RUBBER 235

III. THE PRODUCTION OF COCOA 246

IV. THE PROGRESS OF CHRISTIAN MISSIONS 265