^1884. the guidance of my deputy, Captain Hanssens, be-
Liopoid- sides seeing that our Arab guests had been con-
Tllle' ducted to the sea and back to Leopoldville, I turned
my steps towards Vivi, twenty-four hours before the
gallant Captain departed on his long journey to Stanley
Falls.
CHAPTER XXXII.
RETURN TO VIVI,
Starting of our caravan.—A promising farewell—Ngalyema’s last words—
Encouraging resolutions of the officers—Hospitality of the natives
as we pass—Nselo ferry—Quarrel between Ngombi and Mbimbi—
Peace-making-—Eorms of our treaties with native chiefs-—List of
districts and their chiefs—The cut-throat Lutete is changed for the
better—An extending and dangerous crevasse—Lava at Kalulu
Falls: “Whence has it come?”—Manyanga “ higgledy-piggledy”—
Hospitality at the mission-house of Mr. and Mrs. Ingham—A pretty
station—Luima and Lunionzo valleys—Climate and health—Congo
la Lemba—-View of Vivi—Unhappy reflections upon its neglect.
O n the morning our caravan was to start for the
coast, I was deeply impressed with the proof of
success which our patient labours had won. For on
the spacious terrace, covering about 15,000 square
yards, which we had carved out of the side of Leopold
Hill, and converted into a grand promenade and
market-place, were assembled the chiefs of Kintamo
and a few hundreds of their people to give me a
“ good-bye.”
Ngalyema had long ago emerged out of the state
of childish tutelage. He was a complete man in a
state of military subordination—as much as an inde