MUSHAMALENGI, “A ROYAL PRINCE” OF THE BAKUBA KINGDOM IN THE UPPER KASAI _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE A LIGHT-HEARTED CARRIER 4 THE CANOE SINGER 4 THE VINES OF THE TROPICAL FOREST 8 MRS. HARRIS CANOEING ON THE ARUWIMI, UPPER CONGO 12 A RICKETY DUG-OUT 12 WILD FOREST FRUIT 18 THE “ELEPHANT EAR” IN THE WET SEASON 20 WILD FOREST FRUIT 20 THE “HEALING” FETISH 24 THE BAKETI MEMORIAL GROUND. TREES UPROOTED AND PLANTED BRANCHES DOWNWARDS IN MEMORY OF THE DEAD 24 THE SWASTIKA CICATRICE 26 THE OYSTER SHELL CICATRICE 26 CICATRICED WOMEN OF EQUATORVILLE 28 THE BANGALLA “RASP” CICATRICE 28 BANGALLA CHIEF WITH HEAD TIGHTLY BOUND FROM BIRTH 32 BANGALLA BABE WITH HEAD TIGHTLY BOUND 32 A FIVE-FOOT BEARD 34 STYLES OF ARUWIMI HEAD-DRESS 34 THE WITCH 38 SLAVE GRAVEYARD ON THE ISLAND OF SAN THOMÉ 38 THE WITCH DOCTOR WITH HIS CHARMS FOR EVERY ILL 40 A NATIVE PLANTER IN HIS FUNTUMIA PLANTATION, SOUTHERN NIGERIA 50 RUBBER COLLECTORS, KASAI RIVER, UPPER CONGO 50 WOMEN POUNDING OIL PALM NUTS 54 GRINDING CORN ON THE KASAI, UPPER CONGO 56 A CHRISTIAN COUPLE RETURNING FROM THE GARDENS TOWARDS SUNSET 58 WEAVING CLOTH IN THE KASAI, UPPER CONGO 58 “TWIN POTS” HOISTED ON FORKED STICKS EITHER SIDE OF PATHWAY IN HONOUR OF NEWLY BORN TWINS, BANGALLA, CONGO 70 WILD FLOWERS GROWING ON TRUNK OF FOREST TREE 78 “THE STORY THE GRAVEYARDS TELL” 78 CATARACT REGION BELOW STANLEY POOL, BELGIAN CONGO 94 DR. SAPARA OF LAGOS, A MEDICAL MAN IN THE SERVICE OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT 110 COCOA FARM, BELGIAN CONGO 134 A CONGO CHIEF WITH SOME OF HIS WIVES AND “BASAMBA” CONCUBINES 144