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passable. Tuckey supposes that the inundation must 
produce a spectacle which justifies the high-flown de- 
scription of the people. I should imagine the reverse 
to be the case; and Dr. Livingstone justly remarked* 
that, when the river was full, the Yellala rapids would 
become comparatively smooth, as he had found those of 
* At the memorable Bath meeting of the British Association, Sept. 
1861. 
channels, which are like castings of metal, in many 
distinct flows ; some places are almost stagnant, sug- 
gesting passages for canoes. Here the fishermen have 
planted their weirs ; some are wading in the jdooIs, 
others are drying their nets upon the stony ledges. 
During the floods, however, this cheval-cle-frise of 
boulders must all be under water, and probably im- 
A CONGO CHIEF. 
