. Land and peoples of the Kasai; being a narrative of a two years' journey among the cannibals of the equatorial forest and other savage tribes of the south-western Congo . The Congo at Matadi. A STREET IN MATADI. FROM THE COAST TO THE SANKURU 5 while cargo is discharged. Between Noki and Matadi, thefirst Congolese post on the left bank of the river, thescenery is extremely fine. The Congo makes a sharp turnto the left at this point, and the stream, flowing through adeep ravine between ranges of rocky hills, is so strong thatthe bend in the river is known as the Devils wa
. Land and peoples of the Kasai; being a narrative of a two years' journey among the cannibals of the equatorial forest and other savage tribes of the south-western Congo . The Congo at Matadi. A STREET IN MATADI. FROM THE COAST TO THE SANKURU 5 while cargo is discharged. Between Noki and Matadi, thefirst Congolese post on the left bank of the river, thescenery is extremely fine. The Congo makes a sharp turnto the left at this point, and the stream, flowing through adeep ravine between ranges of rocky hills, is so strong thatthe bend in the river is known as the Devils waves break the surface of the waters, andonly by hugging the southern shore can small steamersmake headway against the current. The port of Matadi,or The Stones, is built, as its name implies, among therocks on the left bank of the river. It lies just below thecataracts which render the lower Congo impossible fornavigation, and just above the frontier between Angola andthe Belgian Congo. At Matadi commences the railway toStanley Pool, so all the merchandise intended for the interioris unloaded there, and there all the produce of the CongoState is shipped. It is a most unprepossessing pla
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