New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-12
BRAZzAVILLE AND STANLEY POOL.

From a Letter In The London Telegraph.
Almost opposite to Calina Point, which might
the POOL is Mfwa little native village. insignificant
I'm size aud situation that 1t would be passed over without
hs9nra al Enrope az Brazzayle II Is here that De
BraSza claims secured cession of tertry to the
consists Of a very few native huts half buried In ha
nanas and backed by thick forest on the left-hand
he develop ed into tiny harbor and there Is me ana
fertile island. yet unnhaDted save ny GnanGe nsner
French but save these two ADVANTAGES not rare any
where in Stanley Pool Il s difficult to discover sny favor
able point this situation, or even 10 AVOID tne CON
clusion that 1t is a badly chosen slto Tor station
About this lowyns part Of s rUS nGge su becee
a rheumaiic swamp Had De Brazza liked his intended
anywhere on the nigh ana Sa whs
bosn of the Pool was open to hi when be first arrived
r me r. ached IL long before Stanley had been able to
his goods and his thther 20 found sta
ton so the Franco-Itaan as we're had the nrst
~ ire erccssye affection the natives bore him. they did
NOT place much ground at his disposal. and that DE
BrazLa liked on Mfwa because he cond get nothing
hatter uo NAV also have looked across at Calina
Point and hoped to secure that some uy, anu .hon uo
fortunately Caua Point Is not likely to come
into the hands OF the French. M believe previous c1.
tract exists between the native chles 10 the VICINITY
Before proceed fstanley rool
and it's Inhabitants might meutoD Tor tnose Eno h n1
stntiscs this great expanse OF the Congo Is aoos
twenty-five miles long by sixteen broad a9u ha. ~"
depth varies from two or three ieet 10 tnr!y
rhere are seventeen Islands OF ho.e inc ihkess
being tfir,esn miles long. Many sandohDKs also sIew
th ,St s of the Pool aud floating sets are OFTEN seem
mas of reeds papyrus and aquatic vegetation. when
h,~r ,come so soldly knit together that man may
s,,,c on Them These are often OF some extent AMI
Inv be takrr for real islands until their motion witD tue
current observed. White egiets anu many Maloi
hrds freaueut them. and the hlppOpotam play round
their edges GA the large islands are many elephants
an buhaloes. which creatures swm DaekWaru anu oa
ward FROM tho uaiuand with ease lnnuneraole Wate,
br stors pecans cormOrants. herons. egrets sacred
misc amir god and Egyptian geese. terms, anu
icouent the thick tangles OF high grass
and tho many sandbaoks where they form strange
rrona with Tue crOcodes, who are wont 10 lie tasKloR
In he sun with fixed grin playing about their closed
laws The tris ~ no fear OF then nut STAND aoou
amidst these plug monsters plunng themseve ana
,nc,tStinp ueraps the contrast between their dell
frms and the nioous uncOuth. creatures which e
oround II ~ curious picture, the gToiesque ana tue
graceful side by side RE people innabtng the shores
OF stanley Pool becg to the Batekc race, but they
wonld ssem IN he recent arrivals. and to have dis
the oil Ter Inhabitants and driven them into me
Interior Nhero Batege have settled. on the south
mr. Eastern bank ~ H. Congo they form merely riverue
colones and end their settlements many nles
froIu Its banks