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The heart of Africa, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Chapter 5: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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The author recounts extended travels through Central Africa that combine botanical fieldwork, geographic reconnaissance, and detailed ethnographic observation. He records routes, encounters with diverse communities, local customs and music, descriptions of landscapes and wildlife, and the logistical hardships of travel, from climate and disease to political tensions. The narrative also reflects on Egyptian influence and the slave trade's effects in the region while presenting specimen notes, maps, and sketches that support scientific and geographic claims.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

(ENGRAVED BY J. D. COOPER.)

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Ombet—​Dragon trees to face 22
The Lassav (Capparis galeata) 23
A Bishareen Sheep 34
Aboo-Odfa 37
Ambatch Canoe 77
View of Fashoda 80
Prickles of Acacia fistula 98
In full flight before the Shillook canoes to face 100
The vessels in the grass-barrier to face 106
Balæniceps Rex 116
The Meshera 128
The old Shol 133
View on the Meshera (Port Rek) to face 136
Profiles of the Dinka 149
A Dinka Dandy 151
Dinka Instruments for parrying club blows 155
Dinka village to face 159
Sectional View, showing construction of Dinka Hut 160
Dinka Bull 161
Dinka Sheep 162
Dinka Goat 163
“Kyatt” Worm 166
Dinka cattle-park to face 166
The chief settlement of Kurshook Ali. A majestic Khaya-tree to face 188
Central African Hartebeest 195
Leucotis Antelope (male) 196
Leucotis Antelope (female) 197
Brass Ornaments of the Dyoor 202
Portrait of a Dyoor 203
Portrait of a Dyoor 204
Spear Head 205
Dyoor Spade ib.
Dyoor Smelting-furnace 207
Dyoor village in winter to face 209
Central African Bastard Gemsbok (Antilope leucophæa) 217
Kosaria palmata 220
The Kilnoky 231
Young Polypterus 232
The Madoqua 244
The Deloo 245
Central African Yam 251
The Nyitti ib.
Calyx of the Hibiscus Sabdarifa 253
Bongo Goat 270
Short-bodied Goat of the Bongo 271
Vertical Section of Smelting-oven 278
Iron Money 279
Bongo Lances 280
Pincers used by the Bongo women for plucking out their eyelashes 281
Knife of the Bongo women ib.
The Dangabor and a single ring 282
Bongo stool 283
Yanga’s grave 285
Bongo 293
Bongo woman 295
Phenomenon on the 17th of May, 1869 (coloured plate) to face 326
The Depression of the Tondy to face 336
The Central African Waterbock (Antilope ellipsipryma) 339
Mushroom-shaped white-ant hills 349
View in the district of Mvolo to face 384
Poncet’s Seriba in Mvolo to face ib.
Goggo, a Mittoo-Madi Chief 394
Goat of the Bongo, Mittoo, Momvoo, and Babuckur 405
Lory, a Mittoo Woman 407
Wengo, a Mittoo Woman 408
Loobah Woman 409
Cone of quartz worn in the lip ib.
Apron worn by the Madi 410
Ngahma, a Mittoo Chief 411
Mittoo Lyre 413
Niam-niam in full dress 439
Coiffure of the Niam-niam 440
A Niam-niam Minstrel to face 445
A Niam-niam Girl 472
Niam-niam hamlet on the Diamvonoo to face 517
An A-Banga 524
Platycerium Elephantotis, Schweinf. 538
Bongwa’s Wife 544
Entry to Izingerria’s Mbanga to face 546

Large Map of Dr. Schweinfurth’s Discoveries in Central Africa to follow viii