54 General Notes. (January, , i 
prolonged in front into a kind of veranda, where the inmates of 
the dwelling pass most of their time. 
The scenery on the road to Pallaballa, as usual in the cataract f 
region of the Congo, consists of grass-covered hills alternating — 
with fertile valleys. Pallaballa is on the crest of a hill 1600. 
feet high, and is a station of the Livingston Inland Mission. f 
any Portuguese words are introduced into the dialect. AE 
prevailing superstition among the natives causes some person to 
be considered as udofki, or devil-possessed, whenever any one 
dies. The udokki must take the casca poison, which is, howeveh 1 
usually administered so as to be a strong emetic, under the we | 
tion that he will “ bring up” the devil. i 
e young men undergo an initiation of six months, during 
which time they are called i#kimba; do not wash any part o 
their bodies, and are chalked all over a ghastly white. The initie 
tion has three or more stages. The nganga, or medicine-maly © 
teaches them a distinct language, which is never taught t0 
females. | 
Returning to Vivi, Mr. Johnston walked thence for Tsangila | 
on Stanley Pool, is ninety-five miles beyond Manyanga- 1% — 
scenery between Manyanga and Leopoldville is beautiful. ae 
ey Pool is an expansion of the Congo, about twenty-five mi“ 4 
poo ) € 
cede from the water. “ Brazzaville,’ or rather Mfwa, nas eh 
advantages as a site, and is a small, low-lying native village. 
posite to it a curious cliff, apparently of red clay, rises some filly 
feet above the river. This is called Calina point, from MC" 
