PAGE UNDER WAY IN AFRICA _Frontispiece._ PARROT ISLAND 21 AN AFRICAN WAR DANCE 27 ENCOUNTER WITH A LEOPARD 30 LYING LOW FOR ELEPHANTS 35 THE SNAKE CHARMER 41 APPEARANCE OF THE KING AND HIS COURT 45 FIERCE ATTACK OF A GORILLA 55 EVENING AMUSEMENTS IN AFRICA 63 HUNTING HIPPOPOTAMI 71 HEAD OF HIPPOPOTAMUS 74 FOOT-PRINTS OF THE GORILLA 76 FEMALE GORILLA AND HER YOUNG 79 MOURNING THE DEAD 84 A NIGHT STORM IN AFRICA 89 IN THE CREEK OF SNAKES 95 DRINKING THE MBOUNDOU 103 MARCH OF BASHIKOUAY ANTS 119 THE BASHIKOUAY ANT, MAGNIFIED TO TWICE ITS NATURAL SIZE 123 THE BARBATULA WORKING 131 AFRICAN HANGING BIRDS’ NESTS 133 HUNTING ELEPHANTS 143 INTERIOR OF THE NJAMBAI-HOUSE 154 CHARMING THE SQUIRREL 161 THE TRIAL OF PENDÉ 165 DEATH OF A MALE GORILLA 173 DANCING AROUND THE ELEPHANT MEAT 186 KILLING FOUR WILD BOARS 195 SMOKING OUT THE BEES 204 TRAPPING THE MONKEY 206 WE DISCOVER FOOT-PRINTS 209 ARRIVAL AT THE STOCKADE 217 GOOD-BYE TO THE BAKALAIS 227 [Illustration: [Fleuron]] [Illustration: [Fleuron]] WILD LIFE UNDER THE EQUATOR. PRELIMINARY CHAPTER. Dear young folks!—In the book I wrote for you last _year_, called “Stories of the Gorilla country,” I said to you “_au revoir_:” that means good-bye till I come again.