Africa and its inhabitants . THE LOWT;!? CONGO. 49i) of standing at too great an elevation above llie stveani, without the hoix-d-foradvantage of a salubrious climate. Owing to the velocity of the current ut thi8point, most of the vessels plying on the river are also obliged to stop a fartherdown at Maiadi, or the Eock, on the opjxisite side. Below Jlatadi follow the Fig. 258.—Poet of \ 1 : Dcptlis. OtolCFeft. ietoS2 Fwt. .Ti to MFwt. MXi V.*nl«. (l Frrt mtA upv»nU. little riverain ports of Fuka-Faha, Nkala-Nkala, giving ucco«. to iho mi«ionurj-station of Undn-hil
Africa and its inhabitants . THE LOWT;!? CONGO. 49i) of standing at too great an elevation above llie stveani, without the hoix-d-foradvantage of a salubrious climate. Owing to the velocity of the current ut thi8point, most of the vessels plying on the river are also obliged to stop a fartherdown at Maiadi, or the Eock, on the opjxisite side. Below Jlatadi follow the Fig. 258.—Poet of \ 1 : Dcptlis. OtolCFeft. ietoS2 Fwt. .Ti to MFwt. MXi V.*nl«. (l Frrt mtA upv»nU. little riverain ports of Fuka-Faha, Nkala-Nkala, giving ucco«. to iho mi«ionurj-station of Undn-hill {Tundmcn), Wawjo-Wawjo, mA Noti, ,. Iortugucc Nkomiolo on the north side. Boma {MBoma, Emhoma), city of the Great Snake. or of Terror, andformerly the chief market for slavo- ia the whole Cougo region. » a double toim, 500 WEST AFRICA. with a Marine and several European factories at tlie waters edge connected bya road and a railway of light construction with the upper quarter standing about300 feet above the right bank of the river. Nine local chiefs, still bearing thetitle of kings, claim possession of the Boma district, and present themselvesevery month at the factories to receive the customs, or ground-rent. Sugarplantations line the beach, and the neighbouring islets contain several villagessurrounded by fields and palm-groves. In one of these islands are the graves ofthe kings of Boma a
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