Mohun, obtained leave to accompany me. The journey up the river from the coast, by Leopoldville to the station of Lusambo on the Sankuru, has been frequently described, and I need only draw attention to one or two points concerning the path from Matadi up to Stanley Pool — a way which is now so far a made road that there are bridges over most of the rivers, and the pathway is cleared of trees and all large obstructions.

Shelters have been built at intervals of three hours over the whole distance. The porters employed for the carriage of goods belong to the Manyanga and kindred tribes. There is a marked difference between these people and the carriers used by the Arabs in the Manyema district: the latter are slaves, forced to work, but fed on a sufficient meat diet; the former are free men, but indifferently