A journey to Ashango-Land and further penetration into equatorial Africa

Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. xxiv, 501 pages, 22 unnumbered leaves of plates : 23 cm "Printed by W. Clowes and sons"--Colophon The voyage -- The Fernand Vaz -- Excursions in search of the gorilla and the ipi -- Start for the interior -- Visit to the Samba Nagoshi Falls -- Ashira-land -- The plague in Ashira-land -- From Olenda to Máyolo -- Máyolo -- The Otando and Apono region -- Ants -- Máyolo to Apono-land -- The march through Apono-land -- Journey through Ishogo-land -- From Ishogo to Ashango-land -- Ashango-land -- Fatal disasters at Mouaou Kombo -- Retreat from Ashango-land -- Journey to the coast -- Physical geography and climate -- Ethnology -- Appendix I: Descriptions of three skulls of Western Equatorial Africans: Fan, Ashira, and Fernand Vaz, with some admeasurements of the rest of the collection of skulls, transmitted to the British Museum from the Fernand Vaz, by P.B. Du Chaillu / by Professor Owen, F.R.S., &c. -- Appendix II: Instruments used in the expedition to Ashango-land: observations for latitude; observations for lunar distances; heights of stations; synopsis of results -- Appendix III: Comparative table of words in several languages of Western Equatorial Africa