The Boy Travellers on the Congo: Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey with Henry M. Stanley "Through the Dark Continent"Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)
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The Boy Travellers on the Congo: Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey with Henry M. Stanley "Through the Dark Continent"
Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)
Adventure stories; Africa, Central -- Description and travel -- Juvenile fiction; Animals -- Juvenile fiction; Biographical fiction; Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Congo River -- Juvenile fiction; Hunting -- Juvenile fiction; Natural history --
STANLEY'S HUNTING ADVENTURES.--AFRICA THE FIELD FOR THE
SPORTSMAN.--HUNTING IN SOUTH AFRICA.--NIGHT-SHOOTING AT
WATER-HOLES AND SPRINGS.--ABUNDANCE OF GAME.--DANGER OF THIS KIND
OF SPORT.--LIONS AND ELEPHANTS.--MAN-EATING LIONS.--IN THE JAWS
OF A LION.--DR. LIVINGSTONE'S NARROW ESCAPE.--THE HOPO, OR
GAME-TRAP ON A LARGE SCALE.--DU CHAILLU AND HIS ADVENTURES.--
SHOOTING THE GORILLA.--RESEMBLANCE OF THE GORILLA TO MAN.--
PRODIGIOUS STRENGTH OF THE GORILLA.--HOW HE IS HUNTED.--THE END. 442
ILLUSTRATIONS.
A Scene on the Congo _Frontispiece._
Map of Africa showing Route from Zanzibar to Boma _Front Cover._
Map of Emin Pasha's Province and the Congo Routes _Back Cover._
Portrait of Henry M. Stanley 12
Sandy Hook from Navesink Light-house 13
Stanley in Abyssinia 15
Musicians of the Dark Continent 16
Village where Dr. Livingstone Died 18
James Gordon Bennett 19
The _Lady Alice_, in Sections 20
Candidates for Service with Stanley 21
View of a Portion of the Sea-front of Zanzibar, from the Water
Battery to Shangani Point 23
Zanzibar, from the Sea 23
Red Cliffs behind Universities Mission, Zanzibar 24
View from the Roof of Mr. Augustus Sparhawk's House 25
The British Consulate at Zanzibar 26
Seyyid Barghash 27
A Zanzibar Nurse-maid 28
Lady of Zanzibar Reading an Arabic Manuscript 29
Native Water-carrier, Zanzibar 30
Hindoo Merchant of Zanzibar 31
Negro Nurse-maid, Zanzibar 33
A Zanzibar Bride 34
Window of an Arab House, Zanzibar 35
Coxswain Uledi, and Manwa Sera, Chief Captain 36
A Merchant of Zanzibar 37
Tarya Topan 39
Universities Mission at Mbwenni, Zanzibar 40
Harem in the House of the Secretary of the Sultan of Zanzibar 41
"Towards the Dark Continent." 42
Scene in Bagamoyo 43
Wife of Manwa Sera 45
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