An African Adventure

An African Adventure

From earliest boyhood when I read the works of Henry M. Stanley and books about Cecil Rhodes, Africa has called to me. It was not until I met General Smuts during the Great War, however, that I had a definite reason for going there. After these late years of blood and battle America and Europe seemed tame. Besides, the economic war after the war developed into a struggle as bitter as the actual physical conflict. Discord and discontent became the portion of the civilized world. I wanted to get as far as possible from all this social unrest and financial dislocation. So much interest was evinced in the magazine articles which first set forth the record of my journey that I was prompted to expand them into this book. It may enable the reader to discover a section of the one-time Dark Continent without the hardships which I experienced. King Albert Frontispiece Groote Schuur facing page 28 General J. C. Smuts 44 Mr. Marcosson's Route in Africa 56 Cecil Rhodes 76 The Premier Diamond Mine 90 Victoria Falls 102 Cultivating Citrus Land in Rhodesia 110 The Grave of Cecil Rhodes 132 A Katanga Copper Mine 138 Lord Leverhulme 144 Robert Williams 144 On the Lualaba 150 A View on the Kasai 150 A Station Scene at Kongola 156 A Native Market at Kindu 162 Native Fish Traps at Stanley Falls 168 The Massive Bangalas 176 Congo Women in State Dress 176 Central African Pygmies 182 Women Making Pottery 190 The Congo Pickaninny 190 The Heart of the Equatorial Forest 198 Natives Piling Wood 204 A Wood Post on the Congo 204 Residential Quarters at Alberta 210 The Comte de Flandre 210 [Pg 12] A Typical Oil Palm Forest 216 Bringing in the Palm Fruit 216 A Specimen of Cicatrization 220 A Sankuru Woman Playing Native Draughts 220 The Belgian Congo 224 Thomas F. Ryan 228 Jean Jadot 236 Emile Francqui 242 A Belle of the Congo 246 Women of the Batetelas 246 Fishermen on the Sankuru 254 The Falls of the Sankuru 254 A Congo Diamond Mine 260 How the Mines Are Worked 260 Gravel Carriers at a Congo Mine 266 Congo Natives Picking out Diamonds 266 Washing out Gravel 272 Donald Doyle and Mr. Marcosson 272 The Park at Boma 278 A Street in Matadi 278 A General View of Matadi 282 ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 25569
Author: Marcosson, Isaac Frederick
Release Date: May 23, 2008
Format: eBook
Language: English