LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| FACING PAGE | |
| His Majesty Leopold II., King of the Belgians | Frontispiece |
| (From a painting by Jef Leempoels.) | |
| Native Huts Built of Leaves (Aruwimi) | 4 |
| Elephant Farm on the Bomokandi | 8 |
| Basongolo Chiefs (Lokandu) | 12 |
| House of Governor-General, Boma | 14 |
| The Congo at Lokandu | 18 |
| View of the Port of Leopoldville (Stanley Pool) | 26 |
| Making a Road (175 kilometres) for Automobiles (Kwango) | 30 |
| A Saddle Ox, Kassai | 34 |
| European Travelling in the Uelle District | 34 |
| Native Employees of the State Waiting for Rations at Boma | 40 |
| SS. Leopoldville Bound for Boma | 42 |
| Departure of Commissioner-General Halfeyt, on Board SS. Stanley, Stanleyville, 1899 | 46 |
| Departure of SS. Goodwill from Upoto | 50 |
| Bridge, 80 Metres (Kwilu) | 58 |
| State Pilot Barge, Banana | 58 |
| Taking Merchandise to the SS. Leopoldville | 66 |
| State Post at Yankomi, near Basoko, Surrounded by Palisade (Aruwimi) | 72 |
| Europeans at Stanleyville, 1902 | 78 |
| Post-Office, Boma | 80 |
| Native Boys, Boma | 82 |
| Group of Yie-Yie Women (Uelle) | 84 |
| Types of Bearers (North Bank of Cataracts) | 84 |
| Native Potters at Work (Aruwimi) | 88 |
| Making Manioc Flour, Baneko (Aruwimi) | 92 |
| Native Musicians at Lusambo (Lualaba-Kassai) | 98 |
| Market, near Boma | 104 |
| Government Park, Boma, 1904 | 110 |
| Students of the State Technical School, New Antwerp (Bangala) | 118 |
| Hospital, Boma | 118 |
| Bridge Made of Cement, Boma | 126 |
| Types of Barumbus (Stanley Falls) | 130 |
| Government Wagons | 132 |
| House of Vice-Governor-General, Stanleyville | 134 |
| Postmaster’s House, Suruango, 1904 | 134 |
| A Street in Coquilhatville, 1896 (Equateur) | 138 |
| Camp on Line of Cataracts Railroad, Songololo | 142 |
| Return from the Hunt at Bumba (Bangala) | 144 |
| Baluba Chiefs | 144 |
| The Governor’s House, Ponthierville (Upper Congo) | 146 |
| European Houses at Coquilhatville (Equateur) | 148 |
| Specimens of Hair-dressing among Women of the Sango Tribe, Banzyville (Ubanghi) | 150 |
| Cicatrised Batetela Woman (Lualaba-Kassai) | 150 |
| Funeral at Bumba (Bangala) | 152 |
| Women Beating Rice, Uelle | 154 |
| Tribunal at Boma. Sentencing a Native to Death for Cannibalism Committed in the Upper Congo | 156 |
| Batetela Women (Lualaba-Kassai) | 158 |
| Kassai Women Returning from Market | 158 |
| African Belles. Hair-dressing of Sango Women at Banzyville, 1894 (Ubanghi) | 160 |
| Bangala Women | 162 |
| Bakusu Chiefs, Stanleyville | 162 |
| Group of Warriors, Djabbir | 164 |
| Coffins for Native Chiefs, Wangata, 1897 (Equateur) | 164 |
| Native Making Butter at his Home in Botandana (Kivu) | 166 |
| A Bangala Chief, with his Harem | 166 |
| Native Canoes, Lower Congo | 170 |
| Fishermen, Uvvia | 170 |
| Uelle Chief and his Wives, Van Kerckhovenville | 172 |
| Port of Leopoldville. Natives at Work | 172 |
| Tailors’ School, New Antwerp (Bangala) | 174 |
| Steam Saw-Mill, Boma | 176 |
| Camp of Bangalas, Stanleyville | 178 |
| Types of Lokélés, Jafungas (Oriental Province) | 180 |
| Review of Troops by Governor-General at New Antwerp | 184 |
| Soldiers’ Mess, Suruango, 1903 (Uelle) | 186 |
| Soldiers’ Wives, Bumba | 186 |
| The White Man’s Cemetery, Stanleyville | 188 |
| Hospital, New Antwerp | 188 |
| An Avenue at Boma | 190 |
| Office of Secretary-General, Boma | 192 |
| Post-Office on River Bank, Boma | 192 |
| Bishop’s Palace, Mission of Our Lady of M’Pala (Tanganyika) | 196 |
| Office of Director of Transport, Boma | 196 |
| Cattle, Luvungy (Kivu) | 200 |
| Various Mounts, Lusambo (Lualaba-Kassai) | 200 |
| Grand Hotel, Boma | 203 |
| Native Ploughing in Botanical Garden at Ealer (Equateur) | 206 |
| The Old Covered Market at Boma | 210 |
| Commissariat of the District of Banana, 1893 | 212 |
| King Nekuku and his Suite at Boma | 214 |
| Regiment of Commissioner-General Halfeyt, Stanleyville | 216 |
| State Officials at Ponthierville | 220 |
| Saddle Ox, Lusambo (Lualaba-Kassai) | 220 |
| Bird’s-eye View of the Station at Basoko, 1893 | 222 |
| Dutch Mission, Banana | 226 |
| Bishop’s Palace at Baudouinville (Oriental Province) | 228 |
| Children of the Settlement School, Boma | 234 |
| In the State Printing Office at Boma. Natives Laying-on and Taking-off | 238 |
| Natives Working Sewing Machines at Kisantu | 242 |
| Children of the Settlement Drilling at New Antwerp, 1896 (Bangala) | 246 |
| Zappo-Zapp Musicians, Luluabourg | 250 |
| Band of Government Technical School, Boma | 256 |
| Coffee Plantation at Yalicombe (Oriental Province) | 258 |
| Shelling Coffee, Stanleyville | 270 |
| Making Baskets for Transportation of Rubber (Kassai) | 272 |
| Collecting Rubber in Forest of Lusambo (Lualaba-Kassai) | 280 |
| Church and Rectory, Matadi | 286 |
| Native Carpenters at Work, Mission of New Antwerp, 1897 | 294 |
| Orphans Praying at St. Truden (Kassai) | 302 |
| Children of the Settlement School at Boma Praying | 308 |
| Mission of the White Fathers, Tanganyika | 314 |
| The Mission, Moanda | 320 |
| Missionary Necropolis, Luluabourg | 328 |
| Franciscan Sisters at the Mission of St. Gabriel of the Falls (Oriental Province) | 336 |
| Native Christians of the Village of Our Lady of Lourdes, near the Mission of Luluabourg, 1897 | 344 |
| Drying Rubber in the Forest (Kassai) | 348 |
| Mission Children at New Antwerp | 358 |
| A Beautiful Spot in Mayumbe | 366 |
| Interior of Cathedral, Baudouinville (Tanganyika) | 374 |
| Sisters of New Antwerp Teaching Natives to Weave | 374 |
| Building a Bridge for the Cataracts Railroad, 1897 | 382 |
| Christian Child, New Antwerp (Bangala) | 390 |
| Fetich-Idol, Lower Congo | 390 |
| Coffee-Drying Grounds, Coquilhatville (Equateur) | 398 |
| Bakusu Woman (Lualaba-Kassai) | 398 |
| Village near Coquilhatville. A Native Attempt to Copy the European Style | 406 |
| Melting Latex of Rubber in Forest of Lusambo (Lusambo-Kassai) | 412 |
| Soldiers’ Mess at Coquilhatville (Equateur) | 420 |
| Public Library, Matadi | 420 |
| The Station at Bumba | 426 |
| Convent of Franciscans of St. Gabriel of the Falls (Oriental Province) | 434 |
| Prison, with Carpenter’s Shop, at New Antwerp (Bangala) | 446 |
| Native Planter’s House, near Stanley Falls | 446 |
| Mission of New Antwerp (Bangala) | 460 |
| The Sultan Djabbir | 482 |
| Father Kisouru of the New Antwerp Mission (Bangala) | 482 |
MAPS.
| Outline Map of Africa | 1 |
| Map of Central Africa | At end |
Outline Map of Africa