We found two traders, Ives and Thomas, who had waiting for the Nigeria at the mouth of the gabun River six hundred logs of mahogany, and, in consequence, there was general rejoicing, and Scotch and "sparklets," and even music from a German music-box that would burst into song only after it had been fed with a copper.
"The Congo and Coasts of Africa"
Richard Harding Davis
For several days we lay a few miles south of Libreville, off the mouth of the gabun River, taking in the logs of mahogany.
"The Congo and Coasts of Africa"
Richard Harding Davis