The New York herald., 1877-11-14

not fatally, and the third emptied his gun
among Franks people, wounding one He
then received permission to avenge himself,
which he did in an effective manner.
''RuM DAsHEs."
It has been o custom from q remote
period, with merchants and European
travellers desirous of penetrating inland
from the West Coast, to give "rum dashes. :"
Hum is an article unknown on the East
Coast, and cannot but think that it acts
perniciously on the insignificant chiefs Of
small villages. We found them exceed
ingly bumptious, and not easily Modified
without rum. Having almost crossed Africa
we could not crafty their demands for rum,
and had to stand firm and resolute in our
determination to pass through these small
tribes and, though we were rot compelled
to use force, there was frequently DISPOSE
tion among them to oppose by arms our
journey. Neither had we the gaudy uni
form coats Of bygone century to crafty
their love of tinsel and inery
FRIENDLY NATIVES.
Still, there was here no rupture of tho
peace Wew allowed to proceed without
violence, moro as strange curiosities than
anything else, believe, and as people who
had come from wild lands whittier the white
people had never venturcd before. Possibly
on that account there may have been small
feeling Of respect mingled with their jealous
regard Of rs. I speak, Of course, about the
people called Basundi and those inhabiting
Eastern Mbinda The tribes above the Bah
wende and Bateke were moro kindly dis
posed am indebted to them for many
laborious service performed for very little
pay, and during five months our intercourse
with them was Of the most amicable kind.
Those on the south side We'd with those Of
the north side of the river in the cataract
more plentiful on the south side, and, in
many instances, the natives were moro
friendly.
THE COURSE OF THE CONGO.
The entire area the Congo drains embraces
about $50, 900 square miles. It's source is in
that high plateau south Of Lake Tanganyika,
in country called Bisa, or Ubisa by the
Arabs. The principal tributary feeding
Bembn Lake Is the Chambezi, broad, deep
river, whose extreme sources must bo placed
about longitude SO deg east. Bemba Lake,
called Bangweolo by Livingstone, its dis
covercr, is a large body Of shallow water,
about S,40O square miles in extent. 1t is
the rcsiduum of an enormous lake that in very
ancient times must have occupied nm area
of 500, 900 square miles, until by some great
convulsion the western maritime mountain
chain was riven asunder, and the Congo
began to roar through the fracture. Issu-
ing from Bemba Lake, the Congo Is known
under the name of Luapula, which, after a
course of nearly Two hundred miles, emp
ties into Lake Mweru, body Of water oc-
cupying an area of about one thousand
eight hundred square miles. Falling from
Mworu, it receives the name OF Lualaba from
the natives Of Rua In Northern Rua il re-
ccives nm important affluent called the Kam-
alondo. Flowing in o direction north by
west, it sweeps with breadth of about
ono thousand four hundred yards by Ny
angwc, Manyema, in latitude &c deg. Is min.
AS sec. south. longitude 26 deg. min. east,
and has On altitude Of about fourteen hun
dred and fifty feet above tho ocean. Liv-
ingstono, having lost two weeks In his dates.