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was pitched in the evening at the end of the village, from 

 which we have a view of Yallalla. Below is a valley covered 

 with wood, in which runs a small stream of water, supply- 

 ing the inhabitants with that article. We made a circuitous 

 route over the elevated plain, in order to come upon the 

 river higher up. We passed Gongola, which is the residence 

 of another TJenu ; but both are subject to the Suxum 

 Congo, the province to the northward on the north-west 

 side of the river. The south-side is called Kukulu Congo. 

 Gongola (Concobella of the charts ?) is said to be the last 

 regularvillageinthedominionsof Congo. After a long march 

 on the summit we directed our course towards the river, 

 following the common path down to its banks, where two 

 small canoes, which are the only ones close above Yallalla, 

 are used as a ferry for crossing the river. Notwithstanding 

 the repeated remonstrances the Captain made to the guides 

 that they should conduct us straight forwards up the river, 

 we found that we had advanced a few miles only above 

 the fall of Yallalla. At noon we halted. AVe made an ex- 

 cursion on the hills near the river, the banks of which now 

 consisted of a white sand. The river above the cataract 

 is full of rocks. We returned toAvards a village, where, out 

 of humour Avith our guides, we took a more direct way 

 through the grass. In the evening we were obliged to halt 

 on a hill covered with grass. A small valley, with a rivu- 

 let winding its course through it, was seen below. The 

 rivulet is said to be visited every morning by buffaloes and 

 antelopes, of which some had been seen at noon. When 

 near the villages we were constantly followed by a crowd 



