Leopoldville.
had been established at Kinshassa; some 500 new
banana plants were thriving in our garden; and the
community and its belongings were altogether in a
“ blooming ” condition. Thus a proper man proved
that he could perform more service in two months than |
his predecessor had performed within eleven months.
Ngalyema and his brother chiefs were also on excellent
terms with the staff of Europeans; the store-rooms I
of the station were filled with provision cases, cloth
bales, bead boxes, and there were nearly four tons of I
brass rods—the native currency.
On the 13th of July the steamers and boats were I
again despatched to Bolobo with 150 loads of goods I
and thirty-two men, in charge of Captain Anderson, I
in whom I could place implicit reliance. Meantime I
troubles at Yivi and Manyanga required my atten- I
tion, and I had to despatch an agent to that place I
with authority to rectify the mischiefs which ever I
recurred at that unfortunate station, owing to the I
utter impossibility of enforcing obedience to orders I
by letter.
“ Captain ” bad, after six months’ patient endea- I
vour to reach his post, finally arrived to take command. I
At least this was to be hoped, but later letters informed I
us that he declined the command, owing to a species of I
triangular disagreement and misunderstanding existing |
at Yivi, in connection with which each of the three I
persons involved showered letters in most forcible I
language upon me. In this predicament it was I
necessary to commission a deputy, with copies of' the I
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various orders that had emanated from me during the
last six months; and I consider that the immense nsopoid-
bother on this occasion drew from me a final order,
which was an absolute model of its kind, from the great
number of propositional “ ifs ” it contained, providing,
I flattered myself, against all mortal possibilities of
misunderstanding, misapprehension, and failure. Not
[ VIEW FEOM THE HEAD OF BAMU ISLAND DOWN THE SOUTH EE AN CII AT
STANLEY POOL.
having a single soul else within reach that I could
trust, I was obliged to deprive Leopoldville of its chief,
;so that Lieutenant Yalcke was the chosen deputy,
while Dr. Yan den Heuvel was appointed chief of
¡Leopoldville pro tem. !
f Invited by Bwa-bwa Njali, of the Gordon-Bennett
Stiver, to establish a station there, I proposed to a