PREFATORY NOTE

CONTENTS

SECOND PHASE

THIRD PHASE

FOURTH PHASE

FIFTH PHASE

ILLUSTRATIONS

FIRST PHASE

II. IN THE WEAVING-SHED

III. MISERY

IV. TAMING THE ROUGHS

V. SELF-CULTURE

VI. A TRAGIC LAND

VII. THE THREE MARYS

SECOND PHASE

II. FIRST IMPRESSIONS

III. IN THE UNDERWORLD

IV. THE PULL OF HOME

V. AT THE SEAT OF SATAN

VI. IN ELEPHANT COUNTRY

VII. WITH BACK TO THE WALL

VIII. BEREFT

IX. THE SORROWS OF CREEK TOWN

X. THE FULNESS OF THE TIME

THIRD PHASE

I. A TRIBE OF TERRORISTS

II. IN THE ROYAL CANOE

III. THE ADVENTURE OF TAKING POSSESSION

IV. FACING AN ANGRY MOB

V. LIFE IN HAREM

VI. STRANGE DOINGS

VII. FIGHTING A GRIM FOE

VIII. THE POWER OF WITCHCRAFT

IX. SORCERY IN THE PATH

X. HOW HOUSE AND HALL WERE BUILT

XI. A PALAYER AT THE PALACE

XII. THE SCOTTISH CARPENTER

XIII. HER GREATEST BATTLE AND VICTORY

XIV. THE AFTERMATH

XVI. WAR IN THE GATES

XVII. AMONG THE CHURCHES

XVIII. LOVE OF LOVER

XIX. A LETTER AND ITS RESULT

XX. THE BLOOD COVENANT

XXI. "RUN, MA! RUN!"

XXII. A GOVERNMENT AGENT

XXIII. "ECCENTRICITIES," SPADE-WORK, AND DAY-DREAMS

XXIV. MAIDEN-MOTHER AND ANGEL-CHILD

XXV. MARY KINGSLEY'S VISIT

XXVI. AN ALL-NIGHT JOURNEY

XXVII. AKOM: A FIRST-FRUIT

XXVIII. THE BOX FROM HOME

XXIX. AN APPEAL TO THE CONSUL

XXX. AFTER SEVEN YEARS

XXXI. THE PASSING OF THE CHIEFS

XXXII. CLOTHED BY FAITH

XXXIII. THE SHY SPEAKER

XXXIV. ISOLATION

XXXV. EXILED TO CREEK TOWN

XXXVI. PICTURES AND IMPRESSIONS

XXXVII. A NIGHT IN THE BUSH

XXXVIII. WITH LOVING-KINDNESS CROWNED

FOURTH PHASE

I. THE REIGN OF THE LONG JUJU

II. PLANTING A BASE

IV. A SLAVE-GIRL'S TRIUMPH

V. A BUSH FURLOUGH

VI. BEGINNINGS

VII. MOVING INLAND

VIII. THE PROBLEM OF THE WOMEN

IX. A CHRISTMAS PARTY

X. MUTINOUS

XI. ON THE BENCH

FOR IMPRISONMENT

XII. A VISITOR'S NOTES

XIII. A REST-HOME

XIV. SCOTLAND: THE LAST FAREWELL

XV. GROWING WEATHER

XVI. "THE PITY OF IT"

XVII. THE SETTLEMENT BEGUN

XVIII. A SCOTTISH GUEST

XIX. A MOTOR CAR ROMANCE

XX. STRUCK DOWN

FIFTH PHASE

I. IN HEATHEN DEEPS

II. "REAL LIFE"

III. THE AUTOCRATIC DOCTOR

IV. GOD'S WONDERFUL PALAVER

V. WEAK BUT STRONG

VI. HER FIRST HOLIDAY

VII. INJURED

VIII. FRIENDSHIPS WITH OFFICIALS

IX. POWER THROUGH PRAYER

X. BIBLE STUDENT

XI. BACK TO THE OLD HAUNTS

XII. ROYAL RECOGNITION

XIII. BATTLE FOR A LIFE

XIV. A VISION OF THE NIGHT

XV. STORMING THE CITADELS

XVI. CLARION CALLS

XVII. LOVE-LETTEBS

XVIII. A LONELY FIGURE

XX. THE TIME OF THE SINGING OF BIRDS

XXI. TRIBUTE AND TREASURE

XXII. SEEN AND UNSEEN