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Combretum sp. (fruct.) Ditto (not laid in).Combretum sp. Congo.Modeeca tamnifolia(?), Kl. Annabom.Syzygium Avariense, Kth. Congo.Melothria triangularis(?), Kth. Ditto.Melothria(?) sp. Ditto.Cucurbitace� (3 other spp. very imperfect and not laid in).Umbellifer� Congo.Desmodium Mauritianum(?), D.C. Ditto, Annabom(?)Desmodium do. v. adscendens Congo.Desmodium latifolium, D.C. Dahome.Desmodium Gargeticum (?), D. C. Annabom.Cajanus Indicus, L. Congo.Eniosema cajanoides Ditto.Eniosema aff. id. Ditto.Eniosema aff. glomerata Ditto.Abrus precatorius(?) Annabom.Pisum sativum Congo.Phaseolus sp. Annabom.Rhynchaesia sp. Congo.Tephrosia sp. Ditto.Milletia(?) sp. Ditto.Milletia(?) Ditto.Milletia or Lonchocarpus (?) Congo.Indigofera af. I. endeeaphylla. Jacq. Annabom.Indigofera sp. Congo.Indigofera sp. Dahome.Indigofera sp. Ditto.Sesbania sp. Congo.Crotalaria sp. Dahome.Glycine labialis (?) Annabom.Erythrina sp. (?) Dahome.Berlinia sp. (?) Congo.Cassia occidentalis, L. Ditto (not laid in)Cassia mimosoides (?), L. Congo.Dichrostachys nutans (?) Ditto.Mimosa asperata (?), L. Congo (not laid in)Zygia fastigiata (?) Ela Dahome.Vernonia (Decaneuron), Senegalensis Ditto, Annabom.Vernonia Congo.Vernonia an V. pandurata (?) Ditto.Vernonia cinerea Ditto.Ethulia conyzoides Ditto.Vernonia an V. pauciflora (?) Dahome.Vernonia st�chadifolia, Sch. Ditto.Ageratum conyzoides, L. Annabom, Congo.Mikania chenopodiifolia, Wild. Ditto.Grangea, sp. Congo.Bidens pilosa, L. Ditto.Coronocarpus (?) Dahome.Blumea (?) sp. Ditto.Blumea sp. Ditto.Blumea sp. Ditto.Chrysanthellum Sengalense (?), D.C. Dahome.Verbesinoid. dub. Congo.Gnaphalium an luteo-album (?) Ditto.Hedyotis corymbosa, L. Ditto.Otomeria Guineensis (?), Kth. Ditto.Randia longistyla, D. C. Dahome.Borreria ramisparsa (?), D. C. var. Ditto.Octodon (?) sp. Dahome.Spermacoce Ruelli� (?), D. C. Ditto.Baconia Corymbosa, D. C. Ditto.Baconia aff. d. Annabom.Rubiace�, dub. Congo.Rubiace� Ditto.Rubiace� Annabom.Diospyros (?) sp. Congo.Cynoctonum (?) aff. Ditto.Ipom�a sp. (?). Ditto.Ipom�a sp. Ditto.Ipom�a sp. Ditto.Ipom�a sp. Dahome.Ipom�a filicaulis, Bl. Congo.Ipom�a sp. Ditto.Ipom�a involucrata. Dahome.Ipom�a sessiliflora (?) Clius (?) Ditto, Congo.Leonotis nepetifolia. Bil. Congo.Ocymum an O. gratissimum (?) Ditto (not laid in).Moschoesma polystachya (?) Ditto (ditto).Heliophytum Indicum, D. C. Ditto.Heliotropium strigosum (?), Willd. Dahome.Brillantaisia an B. patula, P. A. (?) Congo.Dicliptera verticillaris (?), Juss. Ditto.Asystasia Coromandeliana (?) Dahome.Justicia Galeopsis Ditto.Lycopersicum esculentum Congo.Capsicum an C. frutescens (?) Ditto (ditto).Solanum Ditto (ditto).Solanum Annabom (ditto).Solanum Congo (ditto).Schwenckia Americana, L. Ditto.Scoparia dulcis, L. Congo (not laid in).Spathodea l�vis (?) Dahome.Sesamum Indicum, var. Ditto.Plumbago Zeylanica, L. Congo (ditto.)Clerodendron multiflorum (?), Don. Ditto, imp., Ditto.Clerodendron sp. Congo.Lippia sp. Ditto.Lippia an L. Adoensis? Ditto.Stachytarphita Jamaicensis, V. Dahome.Celosia trigyna (?), L. Congo.Erua lanata Ditto (ditto).Pupalia lappacea, Moq. Annabom.Achyranthes involucrata, Moq. Dahome.Achyranthes argentea (?), Lam. Congo.Celosia argentea, L. Dahome (ditto).Amaranthus paniculatus, L. Congo.Euxolus irridis Congo.Phyllanthus pentandrus (?) Dahome.Phyllanthus Nivari, L. Congo.Acalypha sp. Ditto.Manihot utilissima (?) Ditto.Antidesma venosum Ditto.Euphorbia pilulifera, L. Annabom.Croton lobatum Dahome.Phytolacca an P. Abyssinica (?) Congo (bad, not laid in).Ricinus communis (?) Congo (not laid in).Phyllanthus sp. Ditto.Cannabis sativa, L. Ditto (ditto).Boerhaavia paniculata Ditto (ditto).Polygonum Senegalense, Meiss Ditto.Castus Afch. Ditto (ditto).Aneilema adh�rens (?) Ditto.Aneilema an A. ovato-oblongeum Ditto.Aneilema Beninense Congo.Commolyna (?) Dahome.Fragts. Commolyne� (not laid in).Ph�nix (?) spadix Congo.Canna Indica (?) Congo and Annabom.Chloris Varbata (?), Sw. Congo (not laid in).Andropogon (Cymbopogon) sp. (?) Ditto.Andropogon, an Sorghum (?) Ditto (ditto).Panicum an Oplismenus (?) Ditto (ditto).Panicum sp. Congo and Annabom.(?) Eleusine Indica Annabom (not laid in).Eragrostis megastachya, Lk. Congo.Leptochloa sp (?) Ditto.Pennisetum sp. Ditto.Pennisetum sp. Dahome.Pennisetum sp. Congo.Mariscus sp. Annabom.Cy. flagellatus (?) Hochst Congo.Cy. sphacelatus Annabom.Scleria an S. racemosa Congo. III.Heights of Stations, West Coast of Africa, Computed from Observations Made by Capt. Burton.1863. feet.Sept. 9.-- On route to Banza Nokki 1322Sept. 11. Nokki 1553Sept. 9.-- Nokki, on hills 1577\ above river. 1347 | " 1393 | " 1379 |Sept. 10. " 1404 |- Mean = 1430 feet. " 1517 | " 1371 | " 1467 | " 1415/Sept. 11.-- Chingufu above 1656\ Nokki 1775 | Mean 1703 feet: " 1769 | See Sept. 18., &c.Sept. 12. " 1613/Nelongo's Village, lower down 781-\ and nearer village. 872 | " 818 | " 961 |-Mean = 828 feet.Sept. 13. " 861 | " 766 | " 736-/Sept. 13.-- Cove near Congo River 78 feet.Sept. 14.-- Hills above Banza 315 River. 411 " 865Sept. 15.-- Banza River 179 at level of river. Banza Nkulu above 1149 \ rapids. 1172 |-Mean = 1140.Sept. 16. " 1099 / Banza Nkulu 1144 \ " 1270 |-Mean = 1212. " 1270 |Sept. 17. " 1162 / Nelongo's Village� Negolo 923 Banza Chingufu 1732Sept. 18.-- Chingufu. 1711 \ " 1611 | " 1697 | " 1854 | " 1804 |Sept. 19. " 1600 |-Mean = 1694 feet. " 1609 | See Sept. 11. " 1636 | " 1751 | " 1775 |Sept. 20. " 1586 /Sept. 21. Boma. 9 \ " 9 | " 19 | " 189 |Sept. 22. " 9 | " 57 | " 135 | " 76 |Sept. 23. " 140 | " 19 | " 78 |-Mean = 73 feet. " 124 |Sept. 24. " 113 | " 29 | " 59 | " 107 | " 124 |Sept. 25. " 113 | " 67 | " 58 | " 180 /Sept. 26.-- Porto de Lenha. 38Sept. 28.-- Banana factory. 94 \ " 18 | " 67 | " 150 | " 160 |Sept. 29. " 28 |-Mean = 56 feet. " 19 | " 48 | " 29 | " 16 |Sept. 30. " 47 | " 29 / IV. (Form of French Passport.) Immigration Africaine.Ce jourd'hui _______________ mil huit cent soixante _______________ par devantnous _______________ Commissaire du Gouvernement Fran�ais, Agentd'�migration, conform�ment � l'article 8 du d�cret du 27 Mars 1852, assist� de_______________ t�moins requis, a comparu le nomm� _______________ noir libre,n� au village de _______________ c�te de _______________ �g� de_______________ lequel nous a d�clar� consentir librement et de son plein gr�� partir pour une des Colonies Fran�aises d'Am�rique pour y contracterl'engagement de travail ci-apr�s d�taill� et pr�sent� par M _______________ aunom de M. R�gis, au profit de l'habitant qui sera d�sign� par l'Administrationlocale � son arriv�e dans la Colonie.Les conditions d'engagement de travail sont les suivantes: ART. 1.Le nomm� ______________________________ s'engage, tant pour les travaux deculture et de fabrication sucri�re &c. que pour tous autres d'exploitationagricole et industrielle auxquels l'engagiste jugera convenable de l'employeret g�n�ralement pour tous les travaux quelconques de domesticit�. ART. 2.Le pr�sent engagement de travail est de dix ann�es � partir du jour del'entr�e au service de l'engagiste. L'engag� doit 26 jours de travaileffectifs et complets par mois; les gages ne seront dus qu'apr�s 26 jours detravail. La journ�e de travail ordinaire sera celle �tablie par les r�glementsexistant dans la Colonie. A l'�poque de la manipulation l'engag� sera tenu detravailler sans augmentation de salaires suivant les besoins del'�tablissement o� il sera employ�. (The employer can thus overwork his slavesas much as he pleases.) ART. 3.L'engagiste aura le droit de c�der et transporter � qui bon lui semblera, sousle contr�le de l'Administration le pr�sent engagement de travail contract� �son profit. (N.B.--The owner can thus separate families.) ART. 4.L'engag� sera log� sur l'�tablissement o� il sera employ�; il aura droit, dela part de l'engagiste aux soins m�dicaux, � sa nourriture, laquelle seraconforme aux r�glements et � l'usage adopt� dans la Colonie pour les gens detravail du pays. Bien entendu que toute maladie contract�e par un fait�tranger, soit � ses travaux, soit � ses occupations, sera � ses frais. (Thusbed and board are at the discretion of the employer, and the gate of fraud isleft open.) ART. 5.Le salaire de l'engag� est de: 12 francs pour les hommes, 10 francs pour les femmes, 8 francs pour les enfants de 10 � 14 ans.,par mois de 26 jours de travail, comme il est dit � l'article 2, � partir de 8jours apr�s son d�barquement dans la colonie. Moiti� de cette somme lui serapay�e fin chaque mois, l'autre moiti� le sera fin de chaque ann�e. (Not evenfestivals allowed as holidays.) ART. 6.L'engag� reconnait avoir re�u en avance, du repr�sentant de M. R�gis, la sommede DEUX CENTS FRANCS dont il s'est servi pour sa lib�ration et pour diversfrais � son compte, Ces avances seront retenues sur ses salaires � raison depar mois. ART. 7.L'engag� d�clare par avance se soumettre aux r�glements rendus dans la Coloniepour la police du travail et de l'immigration. ART. 8.A l'expiration de son temps d'engagement le rapatriement sera accord� �l'immigrant pour lui, sa femme, et ses enfants non adultes, � la condition parcelui-ci de verser mensuellement � la Caisse d'immigration le dixi�me de sonsalaire.Si l'engag� renonce � son rapatriement, toute somme vers�e par lui lui serarembours�e.En cas de r�engagement les conditions en seront d�battues de gr�-�-gr� entrel'engag� et le propri�taire engagiste.Fait et sign� de bonne foi, leCertifi� par le d�l�gu� del'administration faisant fonctionsd'Agent d'�migration.[FN#1] "Die Deutsche Expedition an der Loango K�uste, nebst�lteren Nachrichten �ber die zu erforschenden L�nder." Von AdolfBastian. Jena and London (Tr�bner and Co.), 1874.[FN#2] See "The Lands of the Cazembe," p. 15, RoyalGeographical Society, London, 1873.[FN#3] See "The Lands of the Cazembe" (p. 25, note), where,however, the word has taken the form of "Impa�eiro." At p. 27,line 6, a parenthesis has been misplaced before and after"Impalancas," a word differently interpreted by Portuguesewriters.[FN#4] The Directory and Charts.[FN#5] That of the Hydrographic Office, dated 1863, assigns itto S. Lat. 7� 44', and E. Long. 13� 5'; and the Granite Pillar toS. Lat. 7� 36' 15", and E. Long. 13� 6' 30".[FN#6] Duarte Lopez, the Portuguese Captain, whose journalswere used by Pigafetta. He went to the Congo regions in 1578, andstayed there ten years. "Philipp's Voyages," vol. iii. p. 236.[FN#7] "Philipp's Voyages," vol. iii. p. 236.[FN#8] Appendix to Tuckey's "Expedition," No. 6.[FN#9] See the note of the learned Robert Brown, p. 472,Appendix V., Tuckey's "Congo."[FN#10] "Relazione del Reame di Congo, e delle circonvicinecontrade, tratta dagli Scritti e Raggionamenti di Odoardo Lopez,Portogheze, per Philippo Pigafetta." Roma, 1591, fol.[FN#11] "Historia de Etiopia," p. 65.[FN#12] "Geography of N'yassi," note, p. 51.[FN#13] See "Zanzibar City, Island, and Coast," vol. i. p. 5."Marinus of Tyre" became by misprint "mariners of Tyre."[FN#14] Chap. xvii. of the Rev. Mr. Waddell's "Twenty-nine Yearsin the West Indies and Central Africa."[FN#15] "Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery to Africa andArabia," by Captain Thomas Boteler. London: Bentley, 1835;repeated from Owen's "Voyages to Africa, Arabia," &c. London:Bentley, 1833. Lt. Wolf, R.N., has given an able analysis of thisgreat surveying undertaking in the "Journal of the GeographicalSociety," vol. iii. of 1833.[FN#16] See chap. v.[FN#17] Of this lake I shall have something to say in chap. xii.[FN#18] See "The Lands of the Cazembe," p. 24.[FN#19] Petermann's "Geog. Mitt." of 1860, pp. 227-235. I haveduly obtained at Pest the permission of Professor Hunf�lvy, whoin 1859 edited the Hungarian and German issues, to translate intoEnglish the highly interesting volume, the only remains ofLadislaus Magyar, the traveller having died, Nov. 19, 1864, aftervisiting large and previously unknown tracts of south-westernAfrica. The work has been undertaken by the Rev. R. C. G.O'Callaghan, consular chaplain, Trieste, and I hope that it willsoon appear with notes by myself. It will be a fitting pendant toDr. de Lacerda's "Journey to the Lands of the Cazembe."[FN#20] "Geog. Mitt." 1857, p. 190.[FN#21] Proofs of the identity of the Lualaba with the Congo;"translated by Mr. Keith Johnston from the "Geogr. Mittheilungen,"i. 18, Bund, 1872, and published in the "Proceedings of the RoyalGeographical Society," No. i, vol. xviii. of Feb. 24, 1873.[FN#22] "The Lands of the Cazembe," p. 47.[FN#23] "Daily Telegraph," Sept. 6, 1869.[FN#24] "Erl�uterungen," &c. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, 1874.[FN#25] Tuckey (p. 214), and the General Observations prefixedto the Diaries.[FN#26] This palm-clapping is often alluded to in "O MuataCazembe" (pp. 223 et passim).[FN#27] "Highlands of the Brazil," vol. ii. chap. xv. The redclay of the Congo region is an exact copy of what is found on theopposite side of the Atlantic.[FN#28] "Journal of an African Cruiser," by an Officer of theUnited States Navy, p. 173. London, 1848. Tuckey ("Narrative,"132) gives a sketch of the building.[FN#29] See frontispiece.[FN#30] At the memorable Bath meeting of the BritishAssociation, Sept. 1864.[FN#31] Mr. Richard Spruce, "Ocean Highways," August, 1873, p.213.[FN#32] "Lowlands of the Brazil," chap. xvii. Tinsleys, 1875.II.[FN#33] "Journal of the Royal Geographical Society," vol. iii.p. 206, 1833.[FN#34] In the "Geographical Magazine" for February, 1875.[FN#35] In Carli Gramga and Fomet, evident cacography.End of Volume 2 of Two Trips to Gorilla Land.HomeIndex of Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2Previous part (4) Book of the day: Book of the Day

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