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Congo Life and Folklore

by John H. Weeks

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  1. 1Dedication
  2. 2Preface
  3. 3Chapter I — En Route to Congo
  4. 4Chapter II — My Journey Up the Congo
  5. 5Chapter III — My Overland Journey Begins
  6. 6Chapter IV — We Reach the Town of My Owner
  7. 7Chapter V — A Funeral Orgy
  8. 8Chapter VI — Our Town Life
  9. 9Chapter VII — The Search for the Witch
  10. 10Chapter VIII — Visitors Arrive
  11. 11Chapter IX — Some Customs, Games, and a Journey
  12. 12Chapter X — Our Reception and Entertainment
  13. 13Chapter XI — Satu Visits the White Man
  14. 14Chapter XII — Native Games and Pastimes
  15. 15Chapter XIII — Bakula Accompanies an Embassy
  16. 16Chapter XIV — Bakula Stays With the White Man
  17. 17Chapter XV — Satu Receives a Title
  18. 18Chapter XVI — Hunting and Bush-burning
  19. 19Chapter XVII — Satu and His People Go to War
  20. 20Chapter XVIII — Governing, Marketing, and Trading Customs
  21. 21Chapter XIX — An Accusation and the Ordeal
  22. 22Chapter XX — Bakula at School
  23. 23Chapter XXI — Bakula’s Work Checked
  24. 24Chapter XXII — Bakula Falsely Accused and Murdered
  25. 25Chapter XXIII — I Find Many Changes
  26. 26Chapter XXIV — A Marriage and a Harvest Festival
  27. 27Chapter XXV — Mikula at the Christmas Festival
  28. 28Part I
  29. 29Part II — Congo Folklore Tales or Stories Told Round the Congo Fire
  30. 30I — How the Fowl Evaded His Debt
  31. 31II — Why the Small-ant Was the Winner
  32. 32III — How the Animals Imitated the Gazelle and Brought Trouble Upon…
  33. 33IV — Why the Fowls Never Shut Their Doors
  34. 34V — Why the Dog and the Palm-rat Hate Each Other
  35. 35VI — The Leopard Boils His Mother’s Teeth
  36. 36VII — How the Ants Saved the Partridge’s Eggs
  37. 37VIII — The Leopard Sticks to the Nkondi (Wooden Image)
  38. 38IX — How the Mouse Won His Wife
  39. 39X — The Gazelle Outwits the Leopard
  40. 40XI — The Gazelle Punishes the Palm-rat for Breaking His Promise
  41. 41XII — How the Crow Cheated the Dove and Got Into Difficulty Through It
  42. 42XXIX — The Leopard Tries to Steal the Gazelle’s Wife
  43. 43XXX — The Gazelle Kills the Flies and Mosquitoes, and Outwits the L…
  44. 44XXXI — The Leopard Is Badly Tricked by the Gazelle, Rat and Frog
  45. 45Index (to Part I)

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