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MAP OF ANGOLA
Compiled by J. J. MONTEIRO
ANGOLA
AND
THE RIVER CONGO.
BY JOACHIM JOHN MONTEIRO,
ASSOCIATE OF THE ROYAL SCHOOL OF MINES, AND CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
Vol. I.
WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
London:
MACMILLAN AND CO.
1875.
All Rights Reserved.
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LONDON:
PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS,
STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.
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TO
ROSE MY WIFE
I Dedicate this Work
IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF THE HAPPY DAYS WE PASSED TOGETHER IN THE PEACEFUL STILLNESS AND TROPICAL LUXURIANCE OF THE VAST SOLITUDES OF ANGOLA.
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PREFACE.
The following description of the country between the River Zaire orCongo, and Mossamedes or Little Fish Bay, comprising ten degrees oflatitude, is the result of many years of travel in and exploration ofthat part of the coast.
My aim has been to present an accurate and truthful account of its morestriking features and productions, and of the manners and customs ofthe various tribes which inhabit it.
I have avoided mentioning more names of places and persons than arenecessary, as they would be of little or no interest to the generalreader. I have also omitted detailed lists and descriptions of plantsand animals that I have collected, as such would only interestnaturalists, who are referred to the different scientific publicationsin which they have been described.
This being the first detailed account of a most interesting and richpart of Tropical Africa, I leave it with confidence to the indulgenceof my readers, assuring them that at all events a want of truth is notincluded in its shortcomings.
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CONTENTS.
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| CHAPTER I. | |
| History | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Physical Geography—Character of Vegetation—Rivers | 23 |