nourished. The Manyemas are able to carry 80 or 90 lb. without much difficulty, while the Manyangas are rarely equal to a burden of more than 60 lb. After three months spent in the neighbourhood of Stanley Pool, I received instructions to proceed to the district of Lualaba on the Sankuru.

I left Stanley Pool in the Stanley, with 500 soldiers and porters, and after four days' steaming we reached the mouth of the Kasai, up which we turned. We were now in the land of plenty. Goats could be bought for a handful of blue beads, or for cloth or handkerchiefs if blue. Wood for the steamer was difficult to obtain, the edge of the forest being usually a mile or so from the river bank, and we repeatedly steamed a whole day without being able to replenish our stock. The marshes and grassy plains along the river border, and the