Fighting betimes—Blazing a path—We take an island by storm—A 174 desperate dilemma—Road-making under fire—A miraculous escape—A terrible march—Peace by stratagem—Below the Fifth Cataract—Our cannibal captives—Fighting the Wana- Rukura—The Wana-Rukura islanders—Approaching the Seventh Cataract—A deserted island—The Seventh Cataract of the Stanley Falls—The first of the Cataracts—Clear of the Stanley Falls CHAPTER IX. Again in open water—Frank Pocock feels the position—The 200 Mburra or Yaryembi—A running fight—“Ya-Mariwa! Ya- Mariwa!”—Our tactics of capture—Monster spears—Growing weary of fighting for life—The power of laughter—Fish creeks—A wasp swarm of canoes—Another invincible armada—A village of ivory—Relics of cannibal feasts—The Wellé of Schweinfurth—Hunted to despair—Their “meat” escapes the cannibals—Wild nature—Among friendly natives—The Congo! CHAPTER X. High art in tattooing—Suspicious friendliness—Friends or 222 foes?—A treacherous attack—The fauna of the Livingstone—Among the “Houyhynyms”—The “Yaha-ha- has”—Frank’s courage and narrow escape—Our fight with the Bangala—The mirage on the river—The great tributary of the Livingstone—Among friends CHAPTER XI. Running the gauntlet—Kindly solitudes—Amina’s death—The 241 humanizing effects of trade apparent—“The most plausible rogue of all Africa”—The king of Chumbiri; his hospitality, wives, possessions, and cunning—Making up a language—Pythons—The Ibari Nkutu or the Kwango—Treacherous guides—The Stanley Pool—Chief Itsi of Ntamo—We have to give up our big goat—River observations CHAPTER XII. The struggle with the river renewed—Passing the “Father”—In 260 the “Cauldron”—Poor Kalulu!—Soudi’s strange adventures—At the “Whirlpool Narrows”—Lady Alice Rapids—Our escape from death—“Isles of Eden”—Thieves amongst us—The Inkisi Falls—The canoes dragged over the mountain—Trade along the Livingstone—Ulcers and entozoa—An artful compound CHAPTER XIII. Glorious timber—Cutting canoes—Frank suffers from ulcers—The 283 episode of the fetished axe—Rain-gauge readings—The rise of the river—“Goee-goees”—The _Lady Alice_ breached for the first time—A painful discovery: Uledi’s theft—His trial and release—The burning of Shakespeare—The bees of Massassa—Local superstitions—Frank’s cheery character CHAPTER XIV. Leaving Mowa—The whirling pools of Mowa—The Jason swept over 305 the falls—The “Little Master” drowned—Too brave!—“Ah, Uledi, had you but saved him!”—The sympathy of the savages CHAPTER XV.