Transcriber's Notes:

Blank pages have been eliminated.

Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in theoriginal.

A few typographical errors have been corrected.

The cover page was created by the transcriber and can be considered public domain.

DU CHAILLU AND KING QUENGUEZA.         [See p. 43.]

THE COUNTRY OF THE DWARFS.

BY

PAUL DU CHAILLU,
AUTHOR OF

"Adventures and Explorations inEquatorial Africa," "A Journeyto Ashango Land," "Stories ofthe Gorilla Country," "WildLife under the Equator,""My Apingi Kingdom."

NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS.

NEW YORK:
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,
FRANKLIN SQUARE.
1872.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by

Harper & Brothers,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

TO

FLETCHER HARPER, Esq.

Dear Sir:—I dedicate this volume to you, notonly as an acknowledgment of many kindnesses which I havereceived from you during the years in which you have beenthe publisher of my books, but also as a token of the personalaffection and esteem of

Your friend,

Paul B. Du Chaillu.

North Cape, Norway, August, 1871.

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