Africa and its inhabitants . wning a highcliff on the right bank of the Kwa. On the bluff rising above the south side ofthe Kassai-Congo confluence stands the station bearing the English name ofKwamouth, given to it before the Kwa was known to constitute the lower courseof the vast Kassai-Sankuru-Kwango fluvial system. The stations of N(jomhe, Lukolela, and Bolobo, on the left bank of the Congoabove Kwamouth, although abandoned by the Congo Government, are still much- THE LOWER CONGO. 495 frequented ti-cading places. Eolobo, with its suburb of Moye, is a large town offrom five thousand to ten
Africa and its inhabitants . wning a highcliff on the right bank of the Kwa. On the bluff rising above the south side ofthe Kassai-Congo confluence stands the station bearing the English name ofKwamouth, given to it before the Kwa was known to constitute the lower courseof the vast Kassai-Sankuru-Kwango fluvial system. The stations of N(jomhe, Lukolela, and Bolobo, on the left bank of the Congoabove Kwamouth, although abandoned by the Congo Government, are still much- THE LOWER CONGO. 495 frequented ti-cading places. Eolobo, with its suburb of Moye, is a large town offrom five thousand to ten thousand inhabitants, and is succeeded liO miles higherup by Tchumbiri, also a populous place. Hero the dominant riverain people arethe Ba-Yanzi (Ba-Nyanzi), akin to the Bu-Banghi on the opposite side of theCongo. Although a treacherous, insolent race, addicted to orgies and humansacrifices, they show great ingenuity and artistic taste in the decoration of their Fig. 254.—Apbican Explobations since 1:28,000, vK^/v,::K-^iiim-Ar% :^>ii. ?^i^m^ Mf: %m
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