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26. Plan of the Bangala Settlements .. .. .. . . 81
27. One of the Bangala . . 83
28. Native of L a n g a -L a n g a .................................................................... 101
29. Old Chief in native-made Hat 108
30. A Type of the Basoko 123
31. View of Mpozo Station and River from Vivi 218
32. Mons. del Commune 225
33. La Ville d’Anvers steamer .. .. 226
34. Captain Hanssens 228
35. Landana .. .. .. 229
36. Prom Ambriz to the.Cameroons .. 230
37. Old Calabar Factories, near Dnke Town . . 232
38, Prom the Niger to Ostend . . 235
39. Lieutenant Valcke .. 263
40. Lieutenant Vangele . . 265
41. Lieutenant CoquHhat .. .. .. .. 267
42. Lieutenant Janssen .. 268
43. Lieutenant Parfoury.. .. ■ .. . . 269
44. Lieutenant Grrang .. .. .. .. .. .. 270
45. Dr. Allard 271
46. Lieutenant Liebrechts 278
47. The funnel-shaped Gorge of the Lower Congo ., • ■ 292
48. Plan to illustrate how the Gorge discharges its winds at Leopoldville 293
49. Political Divisions of the Congo Basin .. 365
MAP.
A Map of the Congo Basin (second half) .. .. In Vovliet
THE CONGO,
AND
THE FOUNDING OF ITS FR E E STATE.
CHAPTER XXVI.
TO THE BLACK R IV ER .
Bolobo trade-Wealth of the chiefs—Manguru the .Rothschild of Bolobo
—Scenery of the Upper Congo—Ennui on the voyage—Comparison
travelling on other great rivers—Unvarying food—We lose our
way - Ilo, Wy-yanzi, tribesmen of Lukolela ! ”—A poor reception-
An improvised market—Tricked by the natives—Buying a crocodile
-Cordxal reception at U sin d i-Ireb u the home of the champion
traders-Mangombo the chief-Escellent knowledge of trade-The
Irebu—1 am asked to negotiate for peace—Cause of the war
Difference between Stanley and Buia Matari—Medicine to make
wealth grow-Cooking the big pot-Troublesome exploration-A
threatening dance—“ The river is free, but touch not the land”—
The Batuki —A new station fonnded.
T h e By-yanzi have a tradition according to Ibaka
, that they came ' originally from Ubangi, a district
i Sltuate soutb °f and near the equator on the right
Ì bank- From tlie number of canoes that I have met
bailing from.Ubangi, this must be a populous district.
Ibaka, who was once there on a trade expedition,
I believes it to be an island, as, according to him, “ on
¡ one side is all white water, on the other side it is all
¡black ; ” or it may mean that Ubangi is more likely to
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1883.
May 24.
Bolobo.