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 . ng, starting about , wecrossed the mouth of the Lomami, and in abouttwo hours and a half arrived abreast of Yaporo,where Captain Coquilhat and myself had a brushwith the Arabs in 1886, when returning from theFalls with Mr Deane. There was now a considerable Arab settlementhere, w^ith five or six large houses; but the nativevillage had (as usual when the Arabs made theirappearance) entirely vanished—numerous covered 246 MAJOE barttelots camp. canoes along the bank
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 . ng, starting about , wecrossed the mouth of the Lomami, and in abouttwo hours and a half arrived abreast of Yaporo,where Captain Coquilhat and myself had a brushwith the Arabs in 1886, when returning from theFalls with Mr Deane. There was now a considerable Arab settlementhere, w^ith five or six large houses; but the nativevillage had (as usual when the Arabs made theirappearance) entirely vanished—numerous covered 246 MAJOE barttelots camp. canoes along the bank showing where the peoplenow lived. Continuing our journey, we crossed tothe north bank, and reached Yangambi about This place is very prettily situated on apiece of flat ground, backed by a semicircle of finewooded hills, about 400 feet high, across whichlies the road to Yambuya. From the top of thesehills, I have heard that a splendid view is to beobtained over miles of country, covered as far asthe eye can reach with one vast ocean of dark-green forest, through which the lordly Congoploughs its mighty MR. J. S. JAMESON. From a photograph, by kind permission oj ^fr<i. Juineson. 24^ CHAPTER XL KINSI KATINI. ARAB REPORTS OF A LARGE LAKE—MAJOR BARTTELOT COMES ONBOARD AT YALASULA—BWANA NZIG^—PRESENT STATE OF WANARUSARI — WALK ROUND THE ISLAND—POSSIBILITY OF PASSINGSTANLEY FALLS BY MEANS OF LOCKS—THE BAKUMU AND WENYA—THE CROCODILE AND HIPPO—RETURN OF JAMESON AND TIPPOOTIP — NUBIAN blacking — TIPPOO KEEPING HIS ACCOUNTS —SALIM BIN SOUDI — HER MAJESTYS BIRTHDAY — A MANYEMACHILD WOUNDED—TIPPOO TIP AND HIS FOLLOWERS TAKE PAS-SAGE FOR YAMBUYA—A CONTRETEMPS NEAR CHIOBA ISLAND—A SNAKE ON BOARD—TIPPOOS METHOD OF SECURING A NIGHTSLODGING—ARRIVAL OF HIS SECRETARY AND GARRISON—ALTER-ING THE LOADS — DIFFICULTIES WITH THE MANYEMAS — GOOD-BYE —LEAVE YAMBUYA—TERRIBLE NEWS—THE HOLLAND—NEWSOF DEANEs death—SALIM BIN MAHOMED ARRIVE
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