item: #1 of 7 id: 12556 author: Hyne, Charles John Cutcliffe Wright title: A Master of Fortune: Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle date: None words: 95303 flesch: 85 summary: A MASTER ... OF FORTUNE Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle BY CUTCLIFFE HYNE Author of Captain Kettle, The Stronger Hand, The Lost Continent, etc. ILLUSTRATED BY STANLEY L. WOOD 1898 CHAPTER I IN QUARANTINE The pay is small enough, said Captain Kettle, staring at the blue paper. keywords: bit; black; board; boat; business; captain kettle; cargo; clay; congo; course; cranze; crew; day; deck; doctor; english; fact; find; fire; free; getting; going; good; guess; half; hamilton; hands; head; home; kettle; know; left; like; look; lot; man; mate; men; mind; new; nilssen; pay; people; place; right; room; round; sailor; sea; set; sheriff; ship; sir; skipper; state; steamer; thing; thought; time; trouble; want; water; way; wenlock; white; work cache: 12556.txt plain text: 12556.txt item: #2 of 7 id: 14297 author: Davis, Richard Harding title: The Congo and Coasts of Africa date: None words: 44306 flesch: 74 summary: But, in spite of the early massacres by the natives, in spite of attacks by wild beasts, in spite of pirate raids, of desolating plagues and epidemics, of wars with other white men, of damp heat and sudden sickness, there were men who patiently rebuilt the forts and factories, fought the surf with great breakwaters, cleared breathing spaces in the jungle, and with the aid of quinine for themselves, and bad gin for the natives, have held their own. To partition finally among the Powers this strip of death and disease, of uncountable wealth, of unnamed horrors and cruelties, has taken many hundreds of years, has brought to the black man every misery that can be inflicted upon a human being, and to thousands of white men, death and degradation, or great wealth. keywords: africa; american; bank; black; boat; boys; captain; coast; company; congo; day; english; french; german; good; government; great; home; house; illustration; ivory; king; leopold; man; men; miles; native; new; night; people; place; port; portuguese; river; rubber; ship; slaves; state; steamer; sun; time; trade; water; way; west; white; wood; work; years; zanzibar cache: 14297.txt plain text: 14297.txt item: #3 of 7 id: 15240 author: Dorman, Marcus Roberts Phipps title: A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State date: None words: 54837 flesch: 73 summary: Natives who commit offences against other natives, are left to be dealt with by the local Chief[2]. Bolobo is very populous and many natives flocked down to the beach immediately the steamer arrived and at once held an outdoor market on the beach selling manioc, fish, clothes, pots of various kinds and other articles to the crew and passengers. keywords: bank; canoe; chief; cloth; congo; country; course; crew; day; feet; food; forest; french; good; government; grass; hand; head; house; kind; land; left; line; man; men; miles; morning; native; night; order; people; place; post; reach; river; rubber; soldiers; state; steamer; time; town; trees; village; water; way; white; women; wood; work; years cache: 15240.txt plain text: 15240.txt item: #4 of 7 id: 26889 author: Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) title: The Pools of Silence date: None words: 76168 flesch: 80 summary: Tall, black-bearded and ferocious looking--that was the description of man Adams was prepared to meet. Verhaeren and Berselius were seemingly old friends; they shook hands and Berselius introduced Adams; then the three left the wharf and walked up to the District Commissioner's house, a frame building surrounded by palm trees and some distance from the mud huts of the soldiers and porters. keywords: adams; berselius; black; camp; captain berselius; congo; country; day; death; elephant; eyes; face; fact; fire; forest; félix; god; good; great; gun; half; hand; head; heart; house; lay; left; life; little; looking; man; maxine; meeus; men; mind; moment; new; night; people; place; porters; room; rubber; saw; soldiers; sound; sun; tent; thing; time; tree; voice; water; way; white; wind; work; world; years cache: 26889.txt plain text: 26889.txt item: #5 of 7 id: 33137 author: Chapin, James Paul title: Descriptions of Three New Birds from the Belgian Congo Bulletin of the AMNH , Vol. XXXIV, Art. XVI, pp. 509-513, Oct. 20th, 1915 date: None words: 4113 flesch: 82 summary: PART V.--A Skeleton of Diplodocus. PART keywords: bill; coverts; figures; green; pll; price; tail; text; vol cache: 33137.txt plain text: 33137.txt item: #6 of 7 id: 37712 author: Doyle, Arthur Conan title: The Crime of the Congo date: None words: 52204 flesch: 71 summary: The Congo State was founded by the Belgian King, and exploited by Belgian capital, Belgian soldiers and Belgian concessionnaires. Consider also that every official of the Congo State is sworn neither at the time nor _afterward_ to reveal any matter that may have come to his knowledge. keywords: a.b.i.r; agent; belgian; belgium; british; case; chief; children; commission; company; congo; congo state; country; cut; days; district; europe; evidence; free; general; government; hands; king; land; leopold; little; man; matter; men; natives; people; report; right; river; rubber; soldiers; state; system; time; trade; village; way; women; work; years cache: 37712.txt plain text: 37712.txt item: #7 of 7 id: 39061 author: Strang, Herbert title: Samba: A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo date: None words: 121470 flesch: 84 summary: In two months from the departure of Elbel Jack was able to transfer his stores to the new settlement. And are there pigmies in that forest--little men, you know? keywords: bank; barney; black; boy; camp; canoe; chief; come; congo; course; day; days; elbel; enemy; eyes; find; fire; food; forest; fort; good; half; hand; head; hut; huts; ilola; ilombekabasi; imbono; jack; left; lepoko; like; lokolobolo; man; martindale; massa; men; moment; nando; natives; negro; negroes; new; night; party; pat; people; place; rifles; river; round; rubber; sah; samba; set; shall; sorr; state; stockade; stream; thought; time; uncle; village; wall; water; way; white; work cache: 39061.txt plain text: 39061.txt