The Kernel At the markets of TJuii may be seen a number of
of the [ , .
Argument, the principal products for sale—ivory, maize, sesame,
millet, beans, ground nuts, sugar-cane, chillies, wild
fruit, palm-oil, bananas, plaintains, honey, goats, sheep,
cattle, fowls, fish, tobacco, fish-nets, copper wristlets,
iron wire, bark cloth, bows and arrows, hoes, spears,
slaves, &c.
At Uvira, on the north-west side, are great smelting
works, and manufactures of iron wire and ware. At
Usanzi, a little south, the best tobacco is raised; in
Ukawendi the largest store of honey and wax is to fie
found; from Urungu to Mambwe the finest ivory
arrives ; from Marungu the largest number of slaves
are brought; Urundi and Uhha supply the largest
number of cattle ; while TJjiji supplies goats and
sheep.
The following table will present in a compact form
the state of our actual knowledge of the Congo
basin:—
Sections.
Area in
Square
miles. .
Population
per
Square mile.
Number of
Population.
Length
o f
Navigatio
n .
Name of Lake.
Area of
Lake.
Square
miles.
Lower Congo .
Upper Congo
Lualaba
Chambezi, withl
Bangweolo . j
Tanganika .
33,000 About 9
1,090,000 40
246,000 20
46.000
93.000
297.000
43,884,000
4.920.000
460.000
2.325.000
1,508,000 Average 34 51,886,000
llOj
5,25o|
1 , 100<
400-
391
7,251
Leopold II.
Mantumba.
Bangweolo.
Mweru .
Kassala and
chain of
Lakelets.
Tanganika.
Mutu Nzigè
Kuta Kebir
950
400
10,200
! 2,700
|2,200
I 9,400
5,400
444
¡31,694
The subjoined form will illustrate how the • Congo
basin is at present divided, according to the Berlin The^nei
Conference:— Argument-
. — — . Divisional Areas. Population.
Total area of Congo basin—
Trench, territory . . . .
Portuguese territory . . .
Unclaimed . . . . . .
Free State of the Congo . ' .
62,400
30,700
349,700
1,065,200
2,121,600
276,300
6,910,000
42,608,000
1,508,000 51,886,000
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POLITICAL DIVISIONS OF THE CONGO BASIN.
The above is a concise description of the basin,
about the resources of which I lectured about fifty
times in the larger cities of France and England in
1878. More minute exploration, and more intimate