. Land and peoples of the Kasai; being a narrative of a two years' journey among the cannibals of the equatorial forest and other savage tribes of the south-western Congo . The Cong,) A STOP AT a WAYSIDE STATION. FROM THE COAST TO THE SANKURU u employees journeying to or from the coast. Kinshasa isbut a shadow of its former self. At one time a con-siderable garrison of native troops was kept there, butthese were moved on to Leopoldville after an out-break of sleeping sickness; then extensive plantations ofcoffee, &c, were made, but for some reason or otherthey failed to pay and were
. Land and peoples of the Kasai; being a narrative of a two years' journey among the cannibals of the equatorial forest and other savage tribes of the south-western Congo . The Cong,) A STOP AT a WAYSIDE STATION. FROM THE COAST TO THE SANKURU u employees journeying to or from the coast. Kinshasa isbut a shadow of its former self. At one time a con-siderable garrison of native troops was kept there, butthese were moved on to Leopoldville after an out-break of sleeping sickness; then extensive plantations ofcoffee, &c, were made, but for some reason or otherthey failed to pay and were abandoned, with the resultthat the once flourishing settlement of Kinshasa has de-generated into a simple post for the despatch by train ofrubber and ivory brought from the interior by steamer,with a white population consisting only of one or twoofficials connected with the customs, who inspect theexports, a missionary, and the above-mentioned forward -ing-agents of companies. Its beautiful shady avenuesare deserted, most of its neat brick-built bungalows havefallen into decay, and the many acres of plantations arehardly distinguishable from the surrounding bush. Thegeneral air of d
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