Geography of the Gaboon . 51 
“ Navia.” The un-African word Panari or Pan- 
naria is probably a corruption of Pao de Nao, the 
bay north of Garapo, and “ Navia.” 
These small features are followed by the Rio de 
Sao Bento, improperly called in our charts the St. 
Benito, Bonito, Bonita, and Boneto; the native 
name is Lobei, and it traverses the Kombi country, 
—such is the extent of our information. The 
next is the well-known Muni, the Ntambounay of 
M. du Chaillu, generally called the Danger River, 
in old charts “Rio de Sao Joao,” and “Rio da 
Angra” (of the bight); an estuary which, like most 
of its kind, bifurcates above, and, receiving a num¬ 
ber of little tributaries from the Sierra, forms a 
broad bed and empties itself through a mass of 
mangroves into the innermost north-eastern corner 
of Corisco Bay. This sag in the coast is formed 
by Ninje (Nenge the island?), or the Cabo de 
Sao Joao (Cape St. John) to the north, fronted 
south by a large square-headed block of land, 
whose point is called Cabo das Esteiras—of 
matting (Barbot’s Estyras), an article of trade in 
the olden time. The southern part receives the 
Munda (Moondah) river, a foul and unimportant 
stream, which has been occupied by the American 
missionaries. 
We shall ascend the Gaboon estuary to its 
sources. South of it, a number of sweet little water¬ 
courses break the shore-line at far as the Naza- 
