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Travels in West Africa by Mary H. Kingsley

Travels in West Africa

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PREFACE. 
PREFACE TO THE ABRIDGED EDITION OF TRAVELS IN WEST AFRICA. 
INTRODUCTION. 
CHAPTER I. LIVERPOOL TO SIERRA LEONE AND THE GOLD COAST.
CHAPTER II.  FERNANDO PO AND THE BUBIS. 
CHAPTER III.  VOYAGE DOWN COAST.
CHAPTER IV.  THE OGOWE. 
CHAPTER V. THE RAPIDS OF THE OGOWE. 
CHAPTER VI.  LEMBARENE. 
CHAPTER VII.  ON THE WAY FROM KANGWE TO LAKE NCOVI. 
CHAPTER VIII.  FROM NCOVI TO ESOON. 
CHAPTER IX.  FROM ESOON TO AGONJO. 
CHAPTER X. BUSH TRADE AND FAN CUSTOMS.
CHAPTER XI.  DOWN THE REMBWE. 
CHAPTER XII.  FETISH. 
CHAPTER XIII.  FETISH—­(Continued). 
CHAPTER XIV.  FETISH—­(Continued). 
CHAPTER XV.  FETISH—­(Continued). 
CHAPTER XVI.  FETISH—­(Concluded). 
CHAPTER XVII.  ASCENT OF THE GREAT PEAK OF CAMEROONS. 
CHAPTER XVIII.  THE GREAT PEAK OF CAMEROONS—­(Continued). 
CHAPTER XIX.  THE GREAT PEAK OF CAMEROONS—­(Continued). 
CHAPTER XX.  THE GREAT PEAK OF CAMEROONS—­(Concluded). 
CHAPTER XXI.  TRADE AND LABOUR IN WEST AFRICA. 
CHAPTER XXII.  DISEASE IN WEST AFRICA. 
APPENDIX.  THE INVENTION OF THE CLOTH LOOM.