The German Expedition . 
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Cabinda-land; the Tschiluango (Chiloango), or 
Cacongo River, a fine navigable stream, where the 
people float down their palm oil; Landana; “ Chin- 
sonso ” (Chinxoxo, pronounced Chinshosho), Chi- 
cambo, Loango, and the Quillu (Kwillu) stream, 
the latter breaking through the coast range, dis¬ 
emboguing near Loango Bay, and reported to be 
connected with the great Congo. He found the 
old despotism of Loango to be insignificant, re¬ 
duced, in fact, to the strip of coast between the 
Quillu and the Luema-Lukallo Rivers. The 
slave trade, once a monopoly of kings, princes, and 
chiefs, is now no more ; legitimate commerce has 
levelled ranks, and the real power is in the hands 
of the wealthiest merchants. 
From the Abbe Durand, librarian of the Paris 
Geographical Society, we learn : i. That Loango 
is in the Province of Cacongo; 2. That Cacongo 
is considered a province of Loango; 3. That Ca¬ 
congo forms a kingdom of itself, with a capital, 
Ringwele. The name of the late king was “ Dom 
Joao, Capitao Mempolo,” and, though he had died 
some years ago, he was not buried, for the usual 
reasons, in early 1874. Meanwhile his nephew 
and successor, Mwata Bona, was acting regent until 
the obsequies shall take place. 
The station finally chosen by the German ex¬ 
plorers was Chinxoxo, or, as Herr Kiepertuncom 
