The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-29

| m"ln cnhnnch Az VI hWHngn, inc pOln
OF junction, and which, 10y the way. is
about fifty miles south Of NynngwG. Cam.
eron's furthcst station on the river. the Gunma
| Is said by Stanley to have n breadth of 400 Yards
while the Lunlnba is not less than / 400 yards
wide-a majestic river Of pnc gray color. wind
| ing slowly from south and by east. II rrr there
are falls and for this and other reasons the ex-
petition pursued ts land journey northwardly
and parallel with the Iuaaba at few miles
i distance. AT NyanEw6 the travellers touch the
river. but again push forward acrcss country.
passing numerous feeders Of the main stream.
and often catching glimpses Of the latter from
the crest Of hills. until after some three
weeks march they reach place known
"a Rukombeh's crossing on the river in
which by this time Stanley has rccog-
| nized tho Upper Congo. and has rechrstcned
| the Livingstone Here the land journey ends,
and the travellers begin their voyage down the
Livingstone to the Atlantic Ocean. During tho
last four or Ave days march in tho forest land
to the Gust Of the Lualaba. the natives proved to
be all cannibals and were observed to decorate
the streets of their villages with the heads Of
tho eaten. laid in rows. the skulls OF himpan-
ices or gorillas alternating with those Of men,
On the 22d Of November. 1876. SANKEY'S
canoes moving down the Livingstone passed the
mouth OF the Ruiki River. near trading settle
mont called Kasongos. and situated In 3 r. south
latitude not far from the Goth meridian. At this
point the current OF the Livingstone swept
northward at the rate OF one and threo-quarters
knots an hour. The breadth Of tho river was
here 200 yards, and the depth about 4 faith
oms. The Ruiki il black water stream 100
yards wide at the mouth. and unlike most Of the
larger tributaries enters the main river from
the left or southern bank. Three weeks later.
after passing some falls caused by projecting
reef and threading dcnsely wooded and popu-
lous islands whose inhabitants were often in
tcnsey hostile. the voyagers meet the Lira
River. which empties its waters into the Living
stone from the right bank and Is said to
measure some 800 yards I'm width We may
here point out that the remarkable size II the
Congo's tributaries sufficiently accounts for
the immense mass Of water discharged into the
Atlantic, and which, as is well known il ex-
ceedcd by the volume Of the Amazon alone.
Seventy miles beyond the last-named point q
black -water river. the Kasuku. some 100 yards
wide and having two-knot current. enters the
main stream from the left. and little further.
but from tho opposite bank. the Urindi or Ilindi
Joins the Livingstone. The latter feeder Is said
TO have width Of 500 yards at the confluence.
but these dimensions are altogether ecipsed by
those OF the Lowwa or Rowwa, which falls into
tho great river about a days journey further
north. and spans Mt its mouth not less than q
thousand yards. or moro than half mile
BY the first week in January the travellers
whose course upon the current Of the river still
leads them into the heart Of Africa. and has not
yet confirmed their faith in its identity 10y trend
ing to the eastward. reach "a series Of seven cat
aracts which they call StAnleys Falls. We
must refer the render to the second OF these vol
umes for an account Of the expedients by
wi l.th Oh g.,
overcome obstacles. we may remark. not
little aggravated 10y the presence Of
thousands Of hostile natives on either shore.
About week after passing the seventh
OF these cntaracts. the expedition, now greatly
thnncd 10y warfare and disease. came in sight Of
the largest aflluent Of the Livingstone. namely.
tho Aruwimi. magnificent river nearly two
thousand yards wide. which enters from the
right bank. Thenceforward the main river be-
gins 20 fiow in five or six broad branches. sep
araied 10y as many islands. and soon touching
liz iurthcst point To- the north Of the equator
curves sharply To the southwest. and sweeps
straight on to the Atlantic. Not many miles
south Of the equator the Congo or Livingstone.
receives its largest branch entering from
the left bank. to wit. the 1kelemba. whose waters
are Of tea color. and refuse 10 minge with
those OF the main stream for more than a hun
dred miles. From the apparent course of thisaf-
hlent Stanley would nuke il the river known as
the kasai on the Cazembe and Angola road. At
all events the voyagors IRE approaching n re-
gi"n of probable iionul atoms. rs the broad
current OF th"Congu floats them southwark. and
hy March. 1871. they com" ON large AMI deep
stream flowing from Oh" south. which prove. 10
ho the river known In Angola as the Kwongo.
From tho next considerable accession of water
at ltrko 90 the lsanslla Falls, distan 30 #
some 500 miles occur uo less than thiry-two
'hiaraets. From lsanella the survivors OF the
expedition began land Journey To- the Euro
lean factory at BONN. which they reached on
the "ih OF August. 1871. Upon their arrival
mouth ~ tho Congo estuary. the rNplnr.rs Ind
'omplctad a journey Of upward ~ seven thou
sand miles On"-tArd OF which. or tho whole
ground lying between Nynngw6 and Isnuuiln
had never before boon visited mr. M all ,.,.,,,.
described nv Fnronoons
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