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The World of the Great Forest

by Paul Du Chaillu

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  1. 1Dedication — Introduction
  2. 2Chapter I — The Guanionien, or Giant Eagle
  3. 3Chapter II — The Guanioniens’ Departure for the Land of Plenty
  4. 4Chapter III — The Ngozos, or Gray Parrots With Red Tails
  5. 5Chapter IV — The Nkemas, or Monkeys, Travel Toward the Land of Plenty
  6. 6Chapter V — Arrival of the Ngozos and Nkemas in the Land of Plenty
  7. 7Chapter VI — The Night Animals
  8. 8Chapter VII — The Njego, or Leopard
  9. 9Chapter VIII — Birth of Three Little Njegos
  10. 10Chapter IX — The Big Njego Becomes a Man-Eater
  11. 11Chapter X — The Hakos, or Ants
  12. 12Chapter XI — The Nchellelays, or White Ants
  13. 13Chapter XII — The Giant Nchellelays
  14. 14Chapter XIII — The Ngombas, or Porcupines
  15. 15Chapter XIV — The Ipi, or Giant Ant-Eater
  16. 16Chapter XV — The Ngomba, or Porcupine — The Izomba, or Turtle — The…
  17. 17Chapter XVI — The Ngooboo, or Hippopotamus
  18. 18Chapter XVII — A Fight for Miss Ngooboo
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — The Five Apes, or Men of the Woods
  20. 20Chapter XIX — The Nginas, or Gorillas, and Njokoos, or Elephants
  21. 21Chapter XX — The Nginas Travel to a Plantain Field; Their Strange A…
  22. 22Chapter XXI — The Njokoos, or Elephants, Travel to the Plantain Field
  23. 23XXII — Arrival of the Human Beings Who Own the Plantain Field
  24. 24Chapter XXIII — The Three Nginas Killed by Hunters
  25. 25Chapter XXIV — The Omembas, or Snakes
  26. 26Chapter XXV — A Huge Ombama, or Python
  27. 27Chapter XXVI — The Ntoto, or Ichneumon
  28. 28Chapter XXVII — The Iboboti, or Spider
  29. 29Chapter XXVIII — The Trap-Door Iboboti, or Burrow Spider
  30. 30Chapter XXIX — The House Iboboti, or Night Spider
  31. 31Chapter XXX — The Nyoi, or Wasp, and the Iboboti
  32. 32Chapter XXXI — The Two Nkengos, or Pale-Faced Apes
  33. 33Chapter XXXII — A Baby Nkengo Is Born to the Old Nkengos
  34. 34Chapter XXXIII — The Ngandos, or Crocodiles
  35. 35Chapter XXXIV — The Ogata, or Burrow Crocodile
  36. 36Chapter XXXV — The Kambis, or Antelopes, the Ncheris, or Gazelles,…
  37. 37Chapter XXXVI — The Oshingi, or Civet
  38. 38Chapter XXXVII — The Insects, Apilibishes, or Butterflies, and Osel…
  39. 39Chapter XXXVIII — The Njokoos, or Elephants
  40. 40Chapter XXXIX — Adventures of the New Njokoos
  41. 41Chapter XL — Evil Days for the Njokoos
  42. 42Chapter XLI — Njokoos and Their Babies
  43. 43Chapter XLII — The Mboyos, or Jackals
  44. 44Chapter XLIII — The Nshieys, or Fish, and Their Enemies
  45. 45Chapter XLIV — The Kongoo, One of the Fishing Eagles
  46. 46Chapter XLV — The Bashikouay Ants
  47. 47Chapter XLVI — The Darkening of the Day
  48. 48Chapter XLVII — The Ntungoolooya, or Kingfisher
  49. 49Chapter XLVIII — The Obongos, or Dwarfs
  50. 50Chapter XLIX — Adventures of a Nkengo and a Nshiego
  51. 51Glossary of Native Animal-Names

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