Africa and its exploration : as told by its explorers Mungo Park, Clapperton, the Landers, Livingstone, Barth, Barkie, Denham, Burton, Speke, Caillie, Schweinfurth, Mohr, Stanley, Holub, Serpa, Pinto, Farini, Thomson, Montagu Kerr ; with 600 illustrations and maps
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI · London : S. Low, Marston and Co. · leaf 165
ALA OF TEE CONGO. natives had assured me that the Cataracts were taller than the tallest trees. On the other hand, the plain and unadorned narrative of the “ Expedition ” had pre- pared me for a second-rate stream bubbling over a strong bed. The river here sweeps round from the north-west, and… … SOME INHABITANTS OF THE CONGO. 400 and 500 yards, is broken by rocks and reefs. A gate at the upper end pours over its lintel a clear but dwarf fall, perhaps two feet high. The eastern staple rises at first sheer from the waters edge to the estimated altitude of a thousand feet — this is the “…
Africa -- Discovery and exploration · Africa -- Description and travel
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