CHAPTER XXXIII.

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ILLUSTRATIONS

The Heart of Africa. _Frontispiece._ Map of Africa. _Front Cover._ Map of Central Africa. _Rear Cover._ "The Carriage is Ready!" 13 Fred's Quandary. 14 The First Shave. 14 Camp and Caravan. 17 A Group of Porters. 19 Dr. Schweinfurth Ascending the Nile. 22 An African Horizon. 23 A Village in "the Dark Continent." 23 The Native at Home. 25 Arab Slave-traders. 27 A Slave-gang on the Road. 28 Baker's Expedition Crossing the Desert. 30 "The Forty Thieves." 33 View on the Bahr-el-Azrek. 35 Pilgrims on the Road to Mecca. 36 The Guide in the Desert. 37 A Mirage in the Desert. 39 Sunrise on the Sea of Sand. 40 Scene at the Wells. 41 Mountain Pass in the Desert. 42 Dragging a Crocodile to Land. 45 Securing a Supper. 47 The Home of Behemoth. 49 An African River Scene. 50 A Narrow Escape. 51 Hippopotamus Spears. 52 Spearing the River-horse. 53 A Berber Arab. 55 Sheep of Berber. 56 View in the Atbara Valley. 58 An Ethiopian King. 60 Arrival at Khartoum. 61 Elephants at Home.--Shaking a Fruit-tree. 63 Profiles of Dinka Negroes. 65 Bringing a Slave to Market. 66 Trees near the River. 68 View near the Edge of the Town. 69 Preparing Dinner. 70 Baker's Expedition Leaving Khartoum. 71 A Village Scene. 72 The Heart of Africa. 73 A Bird of the White Nile. 75 An Ambatch Canoe. 76 An Adventure on the Nile. 77 Speke and Grant in Central Africa. 79 Group of Gani Men. 81 Karuma Falls, on the Victoria Nile (Somerset River). 83 View of Fashoda. 85 Scene on the White Nile above the Sobat. 86 Hauling a Steamboat through a Canal Cut in the Sudd. 88 Nests of White Ants. 91 A Herd of Antelope. 93 A Slave-making Ant, Magnified. 94 Colonel Long's Great Snake. 96 Python Seizing its Prey. 98 Head of a Dinka Bull. 99 Sectional View of Dinka Hut. 100 A Dinka Cattle-yard. 101 A Sheep without Wool. 102 A Dinka Village near the White Nile. 104 Ceremony at Gondokoro on its Annexation to Egypt. 107 Austrian Mission-house at Gondokoro. 108 View of Gondokoro, from the River. 109 Colonel Abd-el-Kader. 110 Bari Arrows and Elephant-spear. 112 Baris Stealing Cattle from the Garrison at Gondokoro. 113 African Drums. 115 The Nile below Afuddo. 116 A Nyam-Nyam Girl. 117 Entrance of the Lake. 118 Nyam-Nyam Warriors. 119 Elephant Coming to Drink. 121 Elephants Hunted in the Water. 123 The Navigable Nile above the Last Cataracts. 125 Saddle-donkeys. 126 Marching through the Bari Country. 127 Camp Scene. 129 One of the Cooks. 130 The Second Day's March. 131 Fishing Village in an African Lake. 133 Stampeding the Caravan. 134 Halting-place near a Pond. 135 Hippopotamus Attacking a Raft. 137 A Night Attack by a River-horse. 138 Tying Up Ivories for the March. 140 Removing a Village. 141 A Nyam-Nyam Dog. 142 Singular Head-dress of a Nyam-Nyam. 144 Hut for Boys. 145 A Nyam-Nyam Granary. 145 An Akka Warrior. 146 Dr. Schweinfurth's Pygmy. 147 Standing for his Portrait. 148 Crossing a Marsh. 149 A Wet Road. 150 A Snake in Camp. 152 Scene near Afuddo. 153 A Caravan of an Ivory-trader. 156 An Ivory Porter. 158 The Central African Steamer _Khedive_. 161 Winwood Reade's Ox and Hammock Train. 163 Near the Shore of the Lake. 165 Crossing a Small Stream. 166 An Attraction for a Hyena. 168 Attack in an Ambuscade. 170 Two of our Porters. 172 Antelope of the Shooli Country (Female). 173 Antelope of the Shooli Country (Male). 174 A Village Headman. 176 An African Magician Superintending the Slaughtering of an Ox. 177 A Native Ferry. 178 Net-hunting by the Shooli Tribe. 180 Driving Game before a Prairie Fire. 182 The River Bank. 184 Frank's Bird. 185 Rocky Hills. 185 Great Rock near the Camp. 186 Peculiar Table-rock in the Bari Country. 187 Baker's Battle with the Slave-dealers.--Charge of the Egyptian Soldiers. 190 Crossing a Plain. 192 Fort Fatiko. 193 Ground-plan of the Fort. 194 View from the Rock-fort of Fatiko. 195 Camp where Captain Speke was Detained. 197 N'samma Antelope. 199 Charge of a Lioness. 201 A Dangerous Position. 204 Frank's Discovery: a "Rogue" Elephant. 206 Navigation under Difficulties. 208 An Unpleasant Acquaintance. 210 The Victoria Nile at Rionga's Island. 211 Interview between Baker Pacha and Rionga. 213 Water-bottle. 214 Gourds of different Shapes. 215 Lake Scene in Central Africa. 216 Scene on the Shores of Lake Tanganyika. 218 A Lake Village. 220 Lake Fishes of Central Africa. 221 A Fisherman Ready for Work. 222 A Fish-basket. 223 A Village Chief. 224 Native Heads. 225 On the Shore of the Lake. 226 An Island in the Lake. 228 A Flock of Cranes. 230 Fred's Second Prize. 231 A Pair of Kingfishers at Home. 232 Fish-eagle on a Hippopotamus Trap. 233 Central African Yam. 235 Potato and Yam Fields. 235 The Kilnoky. 236 Young Polypterus. 237 Lake Mohrya, with Villages. 238 A House in the Water. 239 Ideal Representation of a Swiss Lake-village. 240 Livingstone's House at Zanzibar. 241 David Livingstone. 242 Chuma and Susi. 244 Page from Livingstone's Last Journal. 246 The Last Mile of Livingstone's Journey. 248 Livingstone Entering the Hut where he Died. 249 Fording a Swollen River. 250 A Lion Killing Livingstone's Donkey. 251 "Goree," or Slave-stick. 252 Manner of Fettering a Gang of Slaves. 253 Slavers Avenging their Losses. 254 Quilimane, at the Mouth of the Zambesi. 255 View on the Navigable Part of the Zambesi. 257 The Great Falls of Mosi-oa-tunya. 259 Bird's-eye View of Mosi-oa-tunya. 261 Caravan Crossing a Plain. 263 Scene in an African Village. 264 Crossing a River on a Fallen Tree. 266 Goatsucker ("Cosmetornis Spekii"). 267 A Camp near the Hills. 269 Kawendé Surgery. 270 A Pair of Sham Demons. 272 An African Band of Music. 273 Sham Demons Ready for Business. 274 View on the Road. 276 The King's Residence. 277 Kabba Rega's Attack and Defeat. 279 Thatched Hut in Rionga's Village. 280 The Country Back from the River. 281 Crossing a River in Unyoro. 283 Effect of a Long Rain in Africa.--Animals Seeking Safety. 285 Sunset on Lake Tchad. 287 Scene on the Niger at Say. 288 View of Kabara, the Port of Timbuctoo. 289 Timbuctoo, from the Terrace of the House Occupied by Dr. Barth. 291 A Village on the Guinea Coast. 294 Scene near Lake Tchad. 295 An Amazon of Dahomey. 297 1, the Tsetse; 2, the same, Magnified; 3, its Proboscis. 299 Colonel Long's Battle at M'rooli. 301 Colonel Long's Companions at M'rooli. 302 A Group of Kidi Men. 303 A Substitute for the Horse. 304 Approaching Camp. 305 A Queen of Ugunda Dragged to Execution. 307 Kamrasi's First Lesson in the Bible. 308 Mountains in the Distance. 310 Villages in the Hilly Country. 312 Flag of Ugunda. 313 Long's First Visit to M'tesa. 315 Ugunda Boy. 316 View of M'tesa's Palace from Doctor Bronson's Zeriba. 318 A Warrior of Ugunda. 319 View of Rubaga from the Great Road. 320 A Reception at the Court of King M'tesa. 323 A Tree of Ugunda. 324 A Daughter of King M'tesa. 325 King of Ugunda Retiring. 327 Native of Ugunda, with Hunting Spear. 328 The King's Musicians. 329 Visitors in the Zeriba. 330 Captain Speke Attending a Review of the Ugunda Troops. 332 Henry M. Stanley. 335 On the Road to the Lake. 336 Ugunda Boat. 338 View of Murchison Creek. 339 Hills Back from the Lake. 340 "Elephant's Foot," or "Gouty-limbed," Tree. 341 Trees and Climbing Plants in Central Africa. 343 Charging a Retort in a Gas Factory. 345 Diagram of Gas-works. 346 Frank's Gas-retort. 347 Seeing the Show. 348 M'tesa's Idea for Crossing Africa. 350 Returning from an Excursion. 351 The King's Slaves Carrying Fuel and Cutting Rice. 353 An African Drum-corps. 354 Lake Scenery in Central Africa. 356 Kambari Fish. 357 Fred's Experiment in Cooking Fish. 359 On the Lake. 360 Jack. 361 Ripon Falls: the Nile Flowing Out of the Victoria N'yanza. 363 A Group of Hippopotami. 365 Ready for Business. 366 Trouble in the Rhinoceros Family. 367 Bad for the Dog. 368 Rhinoceros Heads. 369 Speke Delivering the Spoils of his Hunt to King Rumanika. 372 In Captivity. 373 Village and Villagers. 376 An Unpleasant Encounter. 377 Antelopes among the Marshes near Usavara. 380 Native of Unyamwezi. 382 Natives of the Islands. 384 Boats for Lake Navigation. 385 An African Soko. 386 Arms and Ornaments. 387 View of the Uplands in Karagué. 389 The _Lady Alice_, in Sections. 390 Native Village on the Gold Coast. 392 Cape Coast Castle. 394 Monrovia, Liberia. 395 Free Town, Sierra Leone. 396 A Street in Coomassie. 397 A Village in Ashantee. 398 "Young Guinea". 399 Fantee Gentleman and Soldier. 400 The Burning of Coomassie. 401 A Belle of the Guinea Coast. 402 View of Elmina, on the Gold Coast. 403 Native of Cape Colony. 405 Emigrating to the South African Wilderness. 406 The "March of Civilization." 407 Scene in the South African Diamond Mines. 409 Driving a Flock of Ostriches. 411 The Ostrich and its Hunters. 412 Hunting under Disadvantages. 415 What Fred hoped for. 416 The Ostrich's Natural Enemy. 417 One of the Guides. 419 A Royal Residence in Unyamwezi. 420 War Dance of Mirambo's Followers. 422 Natives Bringing Provisions for Sale. 423 A Protected Village. 425 The Zebra at Home. 426 An African Tembé. 428 Manyuema Hunters Killing Sokos. 429 Rocks by the Wayside. 431 Crossing a Stream. 432 Weapons of the Natives. 433 Man of Massi Kambi. 434 Hill-country near Mirambo's Capitol. 435 Porters and Woman and Child of Usagaru. 436 Hut at Kifuma. 437 Stanley's Voyage on the Livingstone.--Battle with the Natives. 439 Frank Pocock, Stanley's Companion on the Livingstone. 440 Stanley's Expedition Recuperated and Re-clad after Crossing the "Dark Continent." 441 Trading Station on the West Coast of Africa. 443 Curious Head-dress. 444 The Height of Fashion. 445 The First Cataract of the Livingstone. 447 Stanley's Expedition Descending the Livingstone. 448 A Deserter Brought Back. 450 A Native Guard. 451 Said bin Amir's House. 452 Getting Ready for the Road. 454 Halting-place under a Sycamore. 455 A House in Unyamyembe. 456 Unyamwezi Heads. 457 Members of the Caravan. 458 Grinding Meal for Supper. 459 Storehouse for Grain. 460 An African Ferry. 461 Crossing a Plain. 462 A Pond by the Wayside. 464 Capturing a Leopard. 465 Ugogo Heads, with Distended Ears. 466 Women of Ubudjwa. 467 Crossing a River on a Fish-weir. 468 Camp on the Edge of the Makata Swamp. 469 View of Zanzibar from the Sea. 471 From Bagamoya to Zanzibar. 473