and engineering journal . aftera rough passage, we reached Kasenyi, on the Belgian side,next morning, having done only 65 miles. The boat wasdesigned for the river and is quite unsuitable for the lake,which is subject to very violent storms. Even an ordinarybreeze makes it necessary for her to run to shelter. Kilo Goldfields. Kasenyi 1 found to be a collection of wattle and daubhuts placed close to the lake—an eight-mile plain coveredwith high grass and thick scrub extending to the foot of theescarpment, which runs the full length of the lake, risingto a height of from 5,000 to 6,000
and engineering journal . aftera rough passage, we reached Kasenyi, on the Belgian side,next morning, having done only 65 miles. The boat wasdesigned for the river and is quite unsuitable for the lake,which is subject to very violent storms. Even an ordinarybreeze makes it necessary for her to run to shelter. Kilo Goldfields. Kasenyi 1 found to be a collection of wattle and daubhuts placed close to the lake—an eight-mile plain coveredwith high grass and thick scrub extending to the foot of theescarpment, which runs the full length of the lake, risingto a height of from 5,000 to 6,000 feet. This place is veryhot and extremely unhealthy, and one could not help feelingsorry for the few Belgian officials who are here running thepost office, customs house, and the Kilo mines was glad to leave that afternoon by Ford lorry, and afteran exciting climb we managed to reach Bagoro, at the topof the escarpment, where we spent the night. Continuingour journey the next day we reached the gold bearing district. Another View in the Congo Free State. of Kilo and stayed at the Nizi Mine, where the quartz reefsare being crushed by two 4 ft. Chilian mills; and the NiziRiver washed for alluvial. From the Nizi I safaried to Kilo—20 miles away—which is the headquarters of the districtadministration, the Governor, having very kindly invited meto stay with him. After a few days spent in inspecting thevarious reefs and alluvial, I went on 20 miles to the ShariMine and spent several days inspecting some promisinglooking quartz reefs and a small steam dredge working richalluvial in the Shari river. The whole district is one massof steep hills covered with a big depth of red (gold formation)soil, the hills running down to ravines filled with big treesand dense vegetation, through which flow small alluvialstreams. It is a mostdifficult country to travel in, especi-ally at the time of yearl was there. In these latitudes thereare two- rainy seasons, and at the time of m
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