. Narrative of an expedition to explore the river Zaire, usually called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816, under the direction of Captain J. K. Tuckey, R. N. To which is added, the journal of Professor Smith; and some general observations on the country and its inhabitants . The ant hills were here extremely numerous,but now unoccupied, it appearing that these in-sects shift their habitations to the trees in this sea-those on the ground have exactly the shape son; of a mushroom, consisting of a round column 18inches high, surmounted by a domed head twofeet in CAPTAIN TUCKEYS NARRA
. Narrative of an expedition to explore the river Zaire, usually called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816, under the direction of Captain J. K. Tuckey, R. N. To which is added, the journal of Professor Smith; and some general observations on the country and its inhabitants . The ant hills were here extremely numerous,but now unoccupied, it appearing that these in-sects shift their habitations to the trees in this sea-those on the ground have exactly the shape son; of a mushroom, consisting of a round column 18inches high, surmounted by a domed head twofeet in CAPTAIN TUCKEYS NARRATIVE. 179 We this morning observed a curious optical illu-sion, caused doubtless by the state of the atmo-sphere and the shadows of the high hills, the boatsappearing to be placed on the pinnacle of an ele-vated mass of water, from which the descent wasrapid on every side, so that in looking up the riverthe current seemed to be running up hill. Bymoonlight the reach we anchored in much resem-bled Loch Tay in Scotland. The rise of water inthe wet season was here observed on the rocks,having worn two grooves, the first 8 feet above thepresent level, and the second and faintest 9i nature of the hills, as well as their appear-ance, prove that they do not absorb any of thewater that falls in the rainy season, the whole ofwhich is carried direct to the river by gullies andravines, wdth which the hills are all over furrowed,and in which the only luxuriant vegetation is found. We got a few very small shrimps from a fisher-man, which he had just taken in a cotton
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