Our Last " Safari " 



shortly after we left the whole structure was washed away 

 owing to a considerable rise in the river. 



We arrived at Stanleyville three days before the departure 

 of the ss. Semois — one of the best boats of the " Citas " 

 Company — which was to take us down the Congo to Kinshasa. 

 She was a most clean and comfortable boat, and thoroughly 

 well looked after by her energetic captain, a Norwegian by 

 the name of Lindvalle. She was a twin-screw fiat-bottomed 

 boat and could carry 470 tons of cargo, mostly in her two 

 barges which were roped on either side. Her cargo con- 

 sisted of rubber, copal, palm kernels, rice and ivory, on this 

 occasion. 



With thirteen other passengers we were soon comfortably 

 ensconced aboard and with hoots of farewell were speeding 

 our way round the bend below Stanleyville on our way to 

 the sea. 



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