The Country of the Dwarfs

Departure of the Mentor.--Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Chimpanzee.--Thomas in London.--Left alone in Africa.--Departure from Plateau.--A Tornado.--Nengué Shika.--Traces of Gorillas.--Nen...

Wounded Gorilla and her young ones.--Taking their Photographs.--Tom and Minnie.--Arrival of my Vessel.--Hurra for Baring Brothers.--A smoking Ship.--King Quengueza goes on board...

Departure from Ashira Land.--A silent Leave-taking.--Thievish Porters.--A cunning old Rascal.--Misfortune on Misfortune.--Without Food in the Forest.--A desperate Plot.--Feastin...

In the open Country at last.--Interview with Mayolo.--Igala falls Sick.--A Mutiny.--The Otando Prairie on Fire.--Return of Macondai and Igalo.--Their Adventures.--All together a...

First Sight of a Village of the Dwarfs.--A strange and interesting Spectacle.--An abandoned Town.--A Reverie beside a Stream.--The Leaf, the Butterfly, and the Bird.--The blessi...

Visit to a Village of the Dwarfs.--Walk through the Primeval Forest.--An ancient Account of this strange Race.--A great Ashango Dance.--A Watch and a tremendous Sneeze.--First V...

Making friends with the Dwarfs.--A Surprise Visit.--A gorgeous Feast.--Ridiculous Show of Babies.--The Dwarf Language.--A Dwarf Dance.--The old Fable of the Cranes and the Pigmi...

Retreat from Mouaou-Kombo.--The Attack.--Paul is wounded.--A Panic.--The Fight renewed.--The Enemy re-enforced.--Lying in Ambush.--The Enemy repulsed.--A poisoned Arrow.--Mouitc...

IN the month of July, 1863, if you had been in London, you might have seen in St. Catharine's Dock a schooner called the Mentor, a little vessel of less than one hundred tons' m...

ON the 5th of August we sailed from London. I will not weary you with a narrative of the voyage. The days passed pleasantly on board the Mentor. By the end of the month of Augus...

The captain and I got into the canoe containing all my scientific instruments, medicines, some of my best guns, my watch chronometers, five Geneva musical boxes, etc., etc. Befo...

THE day after the arrival of Quengueza, word was sent to me by the canoe-men on the shore that the surf was quiet, and that canoes could go to sea and return in perfect safety.

DEPARTURE OF THE MENTOR.--MR. AND MRS. THOMAS CHIMPANZEE.--THOMAS IN LONDON.--LEFT ALONE IN AFRICA.--DEPARTURE FROM PLATEAU.--A TORNADO.--NENGUÉ SHIKA.--TRACES OF GORILLAS.--NEN...

WE left the plantation at daybreak. Mayombo, the head slave, was the leader, and some of his children were with us. We all had guns; the boys carried, besides, two axes. In a li...

THE dry season had now fairly begun. We were in the month of June, and the nights and evenings were quite pleasant. The days were generally cloudy, and it was a good time of the...

WOUNDED GORILLA AND HER YOUNG ONES.--TAKING THEIR PHOTOGRAPHS.--TOM AND MINNIE.--ARRIVAL OF MY VESSEL.--HURRA FOR BARING BROTHERS.--A SMOKING SHIP.--KING QUENGUEZA GOES ON BOARD...

sea-shore and watch for a sail; now and then I would see one, but it was the sail of a whaler or of a trader, who took good care not to come to anchor near this wild part of the...

ON the 18th of August, 1864, I sent back the vessel to England to the Messrs. Baring, and early that morning we left my settlement and sailed down the river in my largest canoe....

AFTER a few days we reached the kingdom of Quengueza, and I received a royal welcome from the sturdy old chief, for he loved me more than any body else. That evening we remained...

THE next morning after this fine speech of Quengueza all was bustle in the camp, and every thing was now ready. Quengueza stood by my side, wearing a coat, and having a green cl...

WHILE on my way from the Falls of Samba-Nagoshi to Olenda a secret deputation had been sent to him from the Apingi country, where, as you are aware, I had been made king, and wh...

THE day of Olenda's burial had come, but there were hardly people enough left to bury him--such had been the devastations of the plague. Not far from the village stood in the pr...

DEPARTURE FROM ASHIRA LAND.--A SILENT LEAVE-TAKING.--THIEVISH PORTERS.--A CUNNING OLD RASCAL.--MISFORTUNE ON MISFORTUNE.--WITHOUT FOOD IN THE FOREST.--A DESPERATE PLOT.--FEASTIN...

A STRETCH of open undulating country was before me. Guns were fired by my men, and soon after I entered the first Otando village. It was the village of Mayolo, who was the only...

HOW strange the Otando prairie looks since the fire has burnt the grass! Tens of thousands of gigantic mushroom-like ant-hills are seen every where. I had never met such a great...

THE day of my departure from the Otando country was approaching. Mayolo was getting better and better every day. So, two days after the ceremony I have described in the precedin...

ON the 30th of May, early in the morning, there was great excitement in Mayolo's village. That morning we were to leave for the Apono country. Mayolo himself was to take me ther...

WAR began to loom up as we reached the southeast end of the Matimbié irimba. We came to a village called Dilolo, the path we were following leading directly to it, and as we app...

BEFORE daylight I arose, and again went out upon the prairie, but saw no one there from the Apono villages, and heard no war-drumming. After a while a deputation of three men ca...

ON the morning of the 10th of June there was great excitement in the village of Mokaba. The Apono, headed by Kombila, were ready to take me to the Ishogo country. All the porter...

FIRST SIGHT OF A VILLAGE OF THE DWARFS.--A STRANGE AND INTERESTING SPECTACLE.--AN ABANDONED TOWN.--A REVERIE BESIDE A STREAM.--THE LEAF, THE BUTTERFLY, AND THE BIRD.--THE BLESSI...

HOW strange were those Ishogos! They were unlike all the other savages I met. What a queer way to arrange their hair! It requires from twenty-five to thirty years for an Ishogo...

VISIT TO A VILLAGE OF THE DWARFS.--WALK THROUGH THE PRIMEVAL FOREST.--AN ANCIENT ACCOUNT OF THIS STRANGE RACE.--A GREAT ASHANGO DANCE.--A WATCH AND A TREMENDOUS SNEEZE.--FIRST V...

MAKING FRIENDS WITH THE DWARFS.--A SURPRISE VISIT.--A GORGEOUS FEAST.--RIDICULOUS SHOW OF BABIES.--THE DWARF LANGUAGE.--A DWARF DANCE.--THE OLD FABLE OF THE CRANES AND THE PIGMIES.

NOW that I have told you what Herodotus and Homer wrote about the Dwarfs, let us come to a more modern account of them. We read the following in Rev. Dr. Krapf's "Travels and Mi...

SEVERAL days have passed away since I have left the Pigmies and the village of Niembouai, and I am traveling toward the rising sun. The country is getting more and more mountain...

RETREAT FROM MOUAOU-KOMBO.--THE ATTACK.--PAUL IS WOUNDED.--A PANIC.--THE FIGHT RENEWED.--THE ENEMY RE-ENFORCED.--LYING IN AMBUSH.--THE ENEMY REPULSED.--A POISONED ARROW.--MOUITC...

THIS meeting with Mouitchi revived for a while my failing strength. I saw in his safety the decree of a kind Providence. My warriors were by me; though wounded, none of us had b...

I NEED not recount to you our journey back, only that there was no more fighting, and that we returned by exactly the same road we had taken going eastward, reached the same vil...

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