. The story of Africa and its explorers. is sittingbeside her and sharing in the potations onwhich she was rapidly getting tipsy. The Muata Yanvo rules a territory about thesize of Germany, and receives the allegianceof three hundred chiefs and two millionpeople; though his power is threatened by theKioko, famous as smiths, elephant-hunters,and men-stealers, who are gradually spreadingfrom the Upper Kwango northwards, andalready hold considerable territories as far as is ordered to deposit his goods with the Muata,who despatches messengers throughout thecountry to collect the slaves and ivory
. The story of Africa and its explorers. is sittingbeside her and sharing in the potations onwhich she was rapidly getting tipsy. The Muata Yanvo rules a territory about thesize of Germany, and receives the allegianceof three hundred chiefs and two millionpeople; though his power is threatened by theKioko, famous as smiths, elephant-hunters,and men-stealers, who are gradually spreadingfrom the Upper Kwango northwards, andalready hold considerable territories as far as is ordered to deposit his goods with the Muata,who despatches messengers throughout thecountry to collect the slaves and ivory wishedfor in exchange. It is next to impossible fora trader to obtain permission to transactbusiness directly with the people; and, per-haps, as they are reputed to be cannibals, theprivilege would be of dubious value. EvenDr. Btichner, after trying in vain to passbeyond the boundaries of Lunda, was forcedto return to Malanje, where, on the 8th ofFebruary, 1881, he met Pogge, Wissmann,and Yon Mechow. On the plateau, which, as usual, was. CUTTING TIMBER IN A LOWER CONGO FOREST. (From a Photograph by the Rev. R. D. Darby.) Kasai in lat. 7° S. But the commerce carriedon in this large area of country is veryinsignificant. Whenever a trader arrives, he reached after crossing the barren, waterlessplains, covered with scanty grass, baobabs,and candelabra euphorbias (p. 252), and the 298 THE 8T0BY OF AFRICA. coast belt of mountains, it rains from Sep-tember to April, though seldom in excessiveamount. During the wet season the tem-perature rises to 81°, but during the rest ofthe year the mercury sinks at times so com-paratively low as to make a warm blanket com-fortable. Throughout his entire journey, never saw an elephant or a lion; therhinoceros and giraffe were quite unknown tothe natives, and rhe zebra was so scarce that astrip of its skin was looked upon as a does the crocodile appear to exist in thaitpart of Africa—the only large game at allcommon bei
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