Chapter I: Front Matter

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IN SAVAGE AFRICA

BY

VERNEY LOVETT CAMERON, C.B., D.C.L.,

COMMANDER ROYAL NAVY.

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Thomas Nelson and Sons,
_LONDON, EDINBURGH, AND NEW YORK_.

IN SAVAGE AFRICA

OR,

The Adventure of Frank Baldwin
From the Gold Coast
To Zanzibar.

BY

VERNEY LOVETT CAMERON, C.B., D.C.L.,
COMMANDER ROYAL NAVY;

AUTHOR OF “JACK HOOPER,” “ACROSS AFRICA,”
“OUR FUTURE HIGHWAY,”
ETC. ETC.

WITH THIRTY-TWO ILLUSTRATIONS.

London:
T. NELSON AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW.
EDINBURGH; AND NEW YORK.

1887.

Contents.

I. LEAVING SCHOOL, 9

II. OFF TO SEA, 24

III. UNPLEASANT NEWS, 38

IV. ROBBERY AND DESERTION, 53

V. A RUN ASHORE, 64

VI. TAKEN PRISONER, 80

VII. AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION, 92

VIII. ESCAPE FROM THE SLAVE-SHIP, 99

IX. AMONG THE NATIVES, 107

X. FETICHMEN, 120

XI. AN EXCITING JOURNEY, 130

XII. IN THE INTERIOR, 144

XIII. CAPTURED BY CANNIBALS, 162

XIV. WORSE THAN DEATH, 175

XV. ESCAPE AND RECAPTURE, 200

XVI. FRIENDLY ARABS, 217

XVII. A NATIVE COUNCIL, 234

XVIII. PREPARATIONS FOR DEFENCE, 245

XIX. A FIERCE FIGHT, 257

XX. AT NYANGWE, 268

XXI. DEPARTURE FOR THE COAST, 287

XXII. SPEARING HIPPOPOTAMI, 298

XXIII. TROUBLES WITH THE NATIVES, 311

XXIV. ACROSS TANGANYIKA, 321

XXV. DIFFICULTIES AND DANGERS, 331

XXVI. A HAPPY ENDING, 353

List of Illustrations.

ON THE LOOK-OUT, _Frontispiece_

SURF-BOAT CAPSIZED, _Vignette_

FRANK’S INTERVIEW WITH MR. POYNTER, 13

ISLAND OF TENERIFFE, 39

ON THE COAST OF LIBERIA, 45

A YOUNG DAHOMAN, 77

HARARU’S VILLAGE, 109

THROUGH THE JUNGLE, 117

SURPRISED BY A PYTHON, 123

AFRICAN SORCERER, 127

ON THE OGOWAI RIVER, 133

SLAVES ON THE BANK OF THE OGOWAI, 139

AFRICAN CHIEF AND HIS COURT, 145

KAREMA, 151

FUMO ATTACKED BY A LEOPARD, 167

PANIC OF THE BALABA, 175

ASCENDING THE RAPIDS, 189

SURMOUNTING THE FALLS OF THE OGOWAI, 195

A SOKO HUNT, 219

CROSSING THE RIVER, 227

WARRIORS OF MONA MKULLA, 237

HATIBU AND BILAL, 269

BANKS OF THE LUABBA, 275

GOING TO MARKET, 279

NYANGWE MARKET, 283

WIVES OF HATIBU AND BILAL, 291

LAGOON NEAR LUAMA, 299

ENCOUNTER WITH A CROCODILE, 303

VILLAGE IN UKARANGA, 335

A BUFFALO CHARGE, 347

A FATAL ENCOUNTER, 351

WAGOGO WAR-DANCE, 355

IN SAVAGE AFRICA.