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positively of that, as of the junction of the Ogooawai and the 
Wole, as he had himself been to a considerable distance up the 
Ogooawai, which, returning to Gaboon, we shall proceed to. All 
the nations on this route were said to be cannibals, the Paamways 
not so voraciously so as the others, because they cultivate a breed 
of large dogs for their eating ; this seems the favourite meat in 
most parts of Africa. 
Those who travel eastward, pull for a day and a half up the 
right hand or south-eastern arm of the Gaboon or Aroongo, 
which arm is formed by the junction of several small streams, 
about sixty miles from its confluence with the north-eastern arm. 
Landing about thirty-five miles up it, two and a half journies are 
occupied in travelhng over an uninhabited country, described as 
savannah, and called Woongawoonga ; it is entirely open, and 
buffaloes are numerous. Here they reach the Ogooawai, a rapid 
river, frequently as wide, and, generally, considerably deeper 
than the Gaboon ; and which, as we shall presently see, runs to 
the Congo, of itself insignificant. One day up the Ogooawai, is 
the small kingdom of Adjoomba, consisting but of four towns. 
One journey beyond, on the Ogooawai, and north-eastward, is 
Gaelwa, a kingdom of more importance, its length three journies. 
The King's name is Roiela, and the capital, a considerable town, 
Inkanjee : Goondemsie is second to it. Adjoining Gaelwa is 
E-ninga, where the river widens considerably ; this country is larger 
than Adjoomba, very populous, and composed of several smal 
governments. The river winds very much ; frequently they save 
time by carrying their canoes over the peninsulas ; they are also 
opposed by impetuous currents. Hitherto the language is the 
same as the Empoongwa or Gaboon. Twenty journies from the 
frontier of Gaelwa and Eninga, through the small state of Okota, 
is the kingdom of Asheera ; and ten beyond it, that of Okandee, 
