THE CONGO RIVER AND COUNTRY.
Stanley says the length t>f the Congo Rivur is 2,100 miles, und that the Mississippi and the Nile together would
scarcely equal its tribute o wate, to the ocean. From the mouth of the river a steamer drawing 15 feet can steam np HO miles, at which point a , i mil on is taken on land lournev of &* nines lo " , lanajouuiLjr another account of the tapias. xuo steaming or rowing voyage of 88 miles occurs, which is succeeded by a and journey of 95 miles. After that it is possible to steam up another 1060 mile* Along this route thirteen stations have been constructed among peaceful tribes. The banks and people on them are now well known. The river margins show wide belts of forest in the shade o which clusters of villages he.nestled while close at hand are gardens and fields with a profuse abundance on ?heir surface, and stores of miner wealth, it is believed, within then bosoms. There are spacious lakes also , in fact, a known area of lake addition to Lake Tanganyika, of. 30,000 square miles in extent, which will probably be increased to upward of 40,000 after more definite exploration.— Boston Journal.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2769, 6 August 1885, Page 2
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