Angola and the River Congo

About this eBook

Author

Monteiro, Joachim John, 1833-1878

Title

Angola and the River Congo, vol. 1

Original Publication

United Kingdom: Macmillan and Co.,1875.

Credits

Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa

Subject

Angola -- Social life and customs -- 19th century

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 68110

Release Date

May 17, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.ANGOLA AND THE RIVER CONGO.
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.PREFACE.
6. 6.CONTENTS.
7. 7.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
8. 8.CHAPTER I. HISTORY.
9. 9.CHAPTER II. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY—CHARACTER OF VEGETATION—RIVERS.
10. 10.CHAPTER III. THE RIVER CONGO A BOUNDARY—SLAVE TRADE—SLAVERY—ORDEAL BY POISON—INSENSIBILITY OF THE NEGRO—INGRATITUDE.
11. 11.CHAPTER IV. THE RIVER CONGO—BANANA—PORTO DA LENHA—BOMA—MUSSURONGO TRIBE—PIRATES—MUSHICONGO TRIBE—FISH—PALM CHOP—PALM WINE.
12. 12.CHAPTER V. COUNTRY FROM THE RIVER CONGO TO AMBRIZ—VEGETATION—TRADING—CIVILIZATION—COMMERCE—PRODUCTS—IVORY—MUSSERRA—SLEEP DISEASE—SALT—MINERAL PITCH.
13. 13.CHAPTER VI. AMBRIZ—TRADE—MALACHITE—ROAD TO BEMBE—TRAVELLING—MOSQUITOES—QUIBALLA TO QUILUMBO—QUILUMBO TO BEMBE.
14. 14.CHAPTER VII. BEMBE—MALACHITE DEPOSIT—ROOT PARASITE—ENGONGUI—MORTALITY OF CATTLE—FAIRS—KING OF CONGO—RECEPTIONS—CUSTOMS—SAN SALVADOR—FEVERS—RETURN TO AMBRIZ.
15. 15.CHAPTER VIII. CHARACTER OF THE NEGRO—FETISH—CUSTOMS—ARMS AND WAR—DRESS—ZOMBO TRIBE—BURIAL—INSANITY.
16. 16.CHAPTER IX. CUSTOMS OF THE MUSSURONGO, AMBRIZ, AND MUSHICONGO NEGROES—MANDIOCA PLANT—ITS PREPARATIONS—CHILI PEPPER—BANANAS—RATS—WHITE ANT—NATIVE BEER—STRANGE SOUNDS.
17. 17.INDEX. — Transcriber’s Notes

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