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قراءة كتاب In African Forest and Jungle
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In African Forest and Jungle
By
Paul Du Chaillu
Author of
"King Mombo," "The World of the Great Forest," "The Viking Age," "The Land of the Long Night," "Ivar the Viking," "The Land of the Midnight Sun," "Explorations in Equatorial Africa," "Stories of the Gorilla Country," "Wild Life under the Equator," "Lost in the Jungle," "My Apingi Kingdom," "The Country of the Dwarfs," etc., etc.
Illustrated by Victor Perard
New York,
Charles Scribner's Sons
1903
Copyright, 1903
By Charles Scribner's Sons
Published September, 1903
UNIVERSITY PRESS, JOHN WILSON
AND SON · CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
Contents
| Page | |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| A canoe-voyage to the country of Rotembo the Chief—A toilet of ceremony—Rotembo's grotesque costume—A formal reception—Speeches of Rotembo and myself—A dance in my honor—My presents to the chief—We become good friends | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| I propose to go into the forest to hunt—Rotembo promises me three gifts—Rogala, the famous hunter, the first of them—Description of Rogala—Andekko, the dog, the second gift—Ndova, the monkey, the third—How Ndova was captured and reared—I give Rotembo some of my hair | 8 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Preparations for departure—Off for forest and jungle—A herd of elephants—We camp for the night—Ndova calls monkeys of his tribe within range—We kill two of them—Feeding on roast monkey—A deserted house—A story of witchcraft | 21 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| The home of Rogala—His hunting-trophies—A weird spot—Aspect of the surrounding forest—Shinshooko and Alapai—Leopards in the neighborhood | 30 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| We build a leopard trap—A night on the watch—The beast appears at last—Caught in the trap and soon despatched—Her mate killed the following night—Excitement of Andekko and Ndova | 36 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| My hunters and I become great friends—Andekko and Ndova grow fond of me—We take Ndova into the forest—He calls monkeys to us again—Andekko's prowess as a hunter—A female gorilla and her baby—We kill the mamma and Andekko kills the baby | 41 |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| Fight between monkey tribes, nkagos and mondis—My gun puts both sides to flight—A visit from the bashikouay ants—Everything flies before them—We drive them off with firebrands and boiling water | 49 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| Rogala's wife's parrot—I use it as a decoy—Parrots prove tough eating—The ngozos grow wary—Shinshooko discovers elephants in the neighborhood—We go after them and kill two | 54 |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| We build a fortified camp in the depths of the forest—Structure of the camp—Laying in stores of provisions—Koola nuts—Source of my influence over the natives | 62 |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| I take a swim in a crystal pool—Driven out by a huge snake—I kill the snake—Camp-fire talk—How to hunt—Importance of silence and noiseless movements | 68 |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| Another excursion—Footprints of gorillas (nginas)—Listening to the monsters' roaring—Two of them calling to each other—They gradually draw near to each other and to us—They meet and we sleep in the forest—Sudden appearance of the male ngina—Killing of the ngina and his mate | 72 |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| Ndova as a test of poisonous fruits and berries—He discovers a beehive—A feast of honey—Andekko's usefulness in hunting—Koola nuts—We kill two wild boars—Capture of a baby "man of the woods" | 80 |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| Ndova's thoughtfulness—His winning and sportive ways—He feels lonely and calls for other monkeys to come to him—A troop of eleven appear—I frighten them away | 91 |
| CHAPTER XIV. | |
| Uneasiness of Rogala—He fears the new moon may see and bewitch him—He builds a small house and hides in it—He has an attack of fever, which he ascribes to witchcraft | 96 |
| CHAPTER XV. | |
| Rogala leaves the camp—Non-appearance of Shinshooko and Alapai—What happened to Rogala on his journey—He returns after four days with a powerful mondah which he buries before the camp | 103 |