The African sketch-book . to face PAGE I 217 251295313407 WOODCUTS Elephant . The Tornado Gorillas and Nest . By Ox and Hammock The Djiktjunka A Flood in Senegambia Frontispiece to face 82 152 „ 258 „ 308 311 T1IE GORILLA o 2o 40 eo eo looEntflish iOles Stan-fords 7 Ouznng Cross. THE 4 AFRICAN SKETCH-BOOK BOOK I. THE GORILLA COUNTRY. A CARTHAGINIAN LOG-BOOK I WAS staying at a country-house in the autumnof 1861. The harvest had been gathered in, and thestubbles were being ploughed, yet the heat was thatof summer, and we were lying at full length in theshade of ancient
The African sketch-book . to face PAGE I 217 251295313407 WOODCUTS Elephant . The Tornado Gorillas and Nest . By Ox and Hammock The Djiktjunka A Flood in Senegambia Frontispiece to face 82 152 „ 258 „ 308 311 T1IE GORILLA o 2o 40 eo eo looEntflish iOles Stan-fords 7 Ouznng Cross. THE 4 AFRICAN SKETCH-BOOK BOOK I. THE GORILLA COUNTRY. A CARTHAGINIAN LOG-BOOK I WAS staying at a country-house in the autumnof 1861. The harvest had been gathered in, and thestubbles were being ploughed, yet the heat was thatof summer, and we were lying at full length in theshade of ancient elms. Above us the black rooksflapped and fluttered, and painted leaves floated down-wards through the air. Faintly the distant church-belltolled, and the servants, starched and bedizened, werecrossing the park in the direction of the sound. Thencame the decree of Fate. My young host proposed that we should drive over to Farm, and see a friend of his who had just returned from his first voyageVOL. I. B 2 A CARTHAGINIAN LOG-BOOK [Book I as surgeon on board a mail steamer to the West coast ofAfrica. I said Yes, and my future was decided. The doctor received us in his shirt-sleeves, coast-fashion. Tea and toast, home-baked bre
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