146 To Sdnga-Tdnga and Back . 
the Ivindo fork enters the north bank of the Ogobe. 
He made observations amongst the “ Kamnia” 
tribe, which differs from the Bakele and other 
neighbours. M. Guirold, commanding a cruiser, 
was also sent to the estuary of the Rembo or 
Fernao Vaz, into which the Mpungule (N’pou- 
lounay of M. du Chaillu ?), ascended only by M. 
Aymes, discharges. The explorers found many 
shoals and shifting sands before entering the estu¬ 
ary ; in the evening they stopped at the Ogobe 
confluence, where a French seaman was employed 
in custom-house duties. M. de Compiegne, after 
attending many palavers, was duly upset when 
returning to the ship. 
On the Fernao Vaz there are now (1873) five 
factories, each named after some French town : 
Paris Factory, however, had fallen to ruins, the 
traders having migrated 150 miles higher up the 
Kamma River. Here a certain drunken kinglet, 
“ Rampano,” breaks everything he finds in the 
house, and pays damages when he returns to his 
senses. On March 31st there was a violent quarrel 
between the women of two settlements, and the 
“ reguli ” embarked with all their host, to fight it 
out; Rampano was the victor, and after the usual 
palaver the vanquished was compelled to pay a 
heavy fine. M. du Chaillu’s descriptions of the 
country, a park land dotted with tree-mottes, are 
confirmed; but the sport, excepting hippopotamus, 
