The Gorilla Land. 
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The charts are fearful to look upon. The em¬ 
bouchure, well known to old traders, has been 
scientifically surveyed in our day by Lieutenant 
Alph. Fleuriot de Langle, of La Malouine (1845), 
and the chart was corrected from a survey ordered 
by Capitaine Bouet-Willaumez (1849) ; in the 
latter year it was again revised by M. Charles 
LE PLATEAU, FRENCH CAPITAL OF THE GABOON. 
Floix, of the French navy, and, with additions by 
the officers of Her Britannic Majesty’s service, it 
becomes our No. 1877. The surface is a labyrinth 
of banks, rocks, and shoals, “Ely,” Nisus,” “Alli¬ 
gator,” and “ Caraibe.” In such surroundings as 
these, when the water shallows apace, the pilot 
must not be despised. 
Her Majesty’s steam-ship “Griffon,” Commander 
Perry, found herself, at 2 p.m. on Monday, March, 
