The Life of George Grenfell


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"Based on Grenfell's letters."--Introduction.







George Grenfell and the Congo: Anthropology ; Native diseases ; Artificial adornments or mutilations of the body, dress, etc. ; Food, agriculture, cooking ; Religion. Burial, marriage, and birth customs. Initiation ceremonies. Social laws, slavery. Administration of justice, etc. ; Houses ; Hunting, warfare, navigation ; Trade and currency ; Arts and industries ; Traditions, stories, folklore ; The languages of the Congo Basin and the Cameroons. Appendix I: The Fernandian or Bube language ; Appendix II: Bibliography of Congo-Cameroons languages ; Appendix III: The Fañ dialects ; Natural history notes: Meteorology, geology, and botany of the Congo basin ; Natural history notes: Zoology of the Congo basin. Additional note on elephant tusks ; Notes on the Island of Fernando Pô ; Additional note on Congo problems


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