Chapter I: Front Matter

THE ALO MAN

CHILDREN OF THE WORLD

THE ALO MAN

STORIES FROM THE CONGO

BY
MARA L. PRATT-CHADWICK
AND
L. LAMPREY

_Illustrated by Rollin Crampton_

1921
WORLD BOOK COMPANY
YONKERS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK

WORLD BOOK COMPANY

THE HOUSE OF APPLIED KNOWLEDGE

Established, 1905, by Caspar W. Hodgson

YONKERS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK
2126 PRAIRIE AVENUE, CHICAGO

This little book is the third in the Children of the World, a series of books for young readers which are designed to open up to them the study of geography and history as living subjects. “Paz and Pablo: A Story of Two Little Filipinos” and “Sunshine Lands of Europe” have already been published, and other volumes will be added to the series from time to time, until stories of the life of children in every land are told.

CW: CLAM-1

Copyright, 1921, by World Book Company
Copyright in Great Britain
_All rights reserved_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE DRUM IN THE FOREST 7

II. THE STRING OF BEADS 17

III. THE LEOPARD AND THE DOG 29

IV. THE CAT AND THE RAT 42

V. THE JACKAL AND HIS TRACKS 55

VI. WHY THE CANOE UPSET 68

VII. THE TRAIL OF THE ELEPHANT 83

VIII. THE CUSTOMS OF THE ANTS 96

IX. THE FEAST IN THE VILLAGE 109

X. HOW THE CARAVAN SET FORTH 124

XI. THE HYRAX AND THE ELEPHANT 141

XII. A VOICE IN THE FOREST 156

_Shaded portions represent regions inhabited by the BANTU tribes_

_COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY WORLD BOOK COMPANY_]

THE ALO MAN