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of Mr. Stanley's map), which appears to have been misnamed 

 M'pama in the map of his previous journey, by this route reach- 

 ing the navigable portion of the Alima in four days. It is thought 

 probable that the plateau of the Batekes reaches to the right bank 

 of the Upper Ogowe, and is connected with that of the Bayakas, 

 in which, perhaps, the River Ngunie, which joins the Ogowe be- 

 low Lambarene, takes its rise. The plateau of the Batekes 

 (Achicuyos) separates the Alima from the M'pama (the M'paka 

 of Mr. Stanley), which probably rises in the plateau of the 

 Balalis, flowing direct to the Congo. Leaving the plateau of the 

 Batekes (Achicuyos) by the M'pama, M. de Brazza arrived at 

 the plateau of the Abomas, which is well peopled and very fertile, 

 and separates the M'pama from the Lefini (the River ^awson of 

 Mr. Stanley). On leaving the plateau of the Abomas M. de 

 Brazza was assured that he could reach Stanley Pool on the Con- 

 go in four days, by way of the plateau of the Makokos, but he 

 thought it advisable to change his route, in order to enter into 

 negotiations with the Ubangi tribe, with whom he had had pre- 

 vious difficulties. He afterwards descended the Lefini on a raft 

 to within a day's journey of its confluence with the Congo. He 

 then marched by land, with only five attendants, in two days, to 

 the Congo, which he reached near to a populous part of the 

 Ubangi country. He was received by the chief Ngampei, who is 

 subject to the Makokos, and arranged with him to make certain 

 propositions to the Ubangis. Without waiting for the result of 

 this step, he returned to the Lefini, and in two days' time reached 

 the plateau of Makoko, to whom all the country is subject be- 

 tween the Lefini. the Jue (Zue of Mr. Crudgington. and Gordon 

 Bennett of Mr. Stanley), and the Congo. Makoko assembled all 

 the chiefs of the Ubangis, from the Alima, the Bakinga (the Li- 

 kuma or Likona of the old maps), and the Ikelemba and through 

 his influence peace was made with M. de Brazza. Makoko then 

 sent two chiefs down with him by canoe to the spot ceded for the 

 Brazzaville station, near Stanley Pool. Whilst there, M. de 

 Brazza explored the road from the village of N'gamforu, chief of 

 the Abomas, to the River Kunia, across the platea«- of the Ma- 

 kokos ; and he considers that the principal difficulties to be met 

 with on the road from Francheville to Stanley Pool would be the 

 passage of the Rivers Leketi, M'pama, and Lefini." 



Central Africa.— The African traveler, Dr. Enim Bey, be- 

 lieves there are three lakes lying to the north of the Victoria 

 Nyanza. Beatrice Gulf certainly does not belong to the Albert 

 Nyanza, but to a lake south of the Albert. Steamers now go 

 regularly from Dufile to Manage, a station on the west coast of 



Lake Albert. At the beginning of the present year Mr. J. M. 



Schuver left Cairo with the intention of traversing Africa from 

 north to south. When last heard from he was on his way to 



