Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo, vol 2

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and
the Cataracts of the Congo
Volume 2
by Richard F. Burton

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Two Trips to
Gorilla Land
and the Cataracts of the Congo.
By
Richard F. Burton.
In Two Volumes
Vol. II.

London: 1876

Contents of Vol. I.
Chapter I.
From Fernando Po to Loango Bay.--the German Expedition
Chapter II.
To São Paulo De Loanda
Chapter III.
The Festival.--a Trip to Calumbo--portuguese Hospitality
Chapter IV.
The Cruise along Shore--the Granite Pillar of Kinsembo
Chapter V.
Into the Congo River.--the Factories.--trip to Shark's Point.--the Padrao
and Pinda
Chapter VI.
Up the Congo River.--the Slave Depot.--porto Da Lenha.-arrival at
Boma
Chapter VII.
Boma.--our Outfit for the Interior
Chapter VIII.

A Visit to Banza Chisalla
Chapter IX.
Up the Congo to Banza Nokki
Chapter X.
Notes on the Nzadi or Congo River
Chapter XI.
Life at Banza Nokki
Chapter XII.
Preparations for the March
Chapter XIII.
The March to Banza Nkulu
Chapter XIV.
The Yellala of the Congo
Chapter XV.
Return to the Congo Mouth
Chapter XVI.
The Slaver and the Missionary in the Congo River
Chapter XVII.
Concluding Remarks Appendix:-- I. Meteorological II. Plants collected

in the Congo, at Dahome, and the Island of Annabom, by Mr. Consul
Burton III. Heights of Stations, West Coast of Africa, computed from
Observations made by Captain Burton IV. Immigration Africaine


PART II.
The Cataracts of the Congo.

"Allí o mui grande reino está de Congo, Por nós ja convertido à fé de
Christo, Por onde o Zaire passa claro e longo, Rio pelos antiguos nunca
visto."
"Here lies the Congo kingdom, great and strong, Already led by us to
Christian ways; Where flows Zaïre, the river clear and long, A stream
unseen by men of olden days."
The Lusiada, V. 13.


Part II.
The Cataracts of the Congo.
Chapter I.
From Fernando Po to Loango Bay.--the German Expedition.

During the hot season of 1863, "Nanny Po," as the civilized African

calls this "lofty and beautiful island," had become a charnel-house, a
"dark and dismal tomb of Europeans." The yellow fever of the last year,
which wiped out in two months one-third of the white colony--more
exactly, 78 out of 250--had not reappeared, but the conditions for its
re-appearance were highly favourable. The earth was all water, the
vegetation all slime, the air half steam, and the difference between wet
and dry bulbs almost nil. Thoroughly dispirited for the first time, I was
meditating how to escape, when H. M. Steamship "Torch" steamed into
Clarence Cove, and Commander Smith hospitably offered me a passage
down south. To hear was to accept. Two days afterwards (July 29, 1863)
I bade a temporary "adios" to the enemy.
The bitterness of death remained behind as we passed out of the
baneful Bights. Wind and wave were dead against us, yet I greatly
enjoyed the gradual emerging of the sun through his shroud of
"smokes;" the increasing consciousness that a moon and stars really
exist; the soft blue haze of the sky, and the coolness of 73° F. at 6 A.M.
in the captain's cabin. I had also time to enjoy these charms. The
"Torch" was not provided with "despatch- boilers:" she was profoundly
worm-eaten, and a yard of copper, occasionally clapped on,