A visit to Stanley's rear-guard at Major Barttelot's camp on the Aruhwimi with an account of the river-life on the Congo . ll presentlydescribe the exploration of the Ngala by Mr Baertand,myself, but, before doing so, will proceed togive my reasons for thinking that, instead of theOubangi supplying water to the Ngala, both theNgala and the Congo empty some of their waterduring the greater part of the year into the Oubangi—this water, of course, re-entering the Congo atthe mouth of the Oubangi. In passing up and down the river, between thestation and the mouth of the Ngala, I noticedseveral cha
A visit to Stanley's rear-guard at Major Barttelot's camp on the Aruhwimi with an account of the river-life on the Congo . ll presentlydescribe the exploration of the Ngala by Mr Baertand,myself, but, before doing so, will proceed togive my reasons for thinking that, instead of theOubangi supplying water to the Ngala, both theNgala and the Congo empty some of their waterduring the greater part of the year into the Oubangi—this water, of course, re-entering the Congo atthe mouth of the Oubangi. In passing up and down the river, between thestation and the mouth of the Ngala, I noticedseveral channels, from 50 to 100 yards wide,into wdiich the water of the main river seemed toflow. These channels are reported by natives tolead into the Ngiri river, a small tributary of theOubangi, which was explored by Captain Van Gele,and reported by him to flow east to west. CaptainVan Gele traced its course till he was close to thelongitude of Bangala Station, when he was obligedto turn back on account of the stream being chokedwith weeds and grass. In December 1887,1 noticed, »r^>»., :>? lfc. fc^ ? /^. %
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