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drains the highlands of Mossamba and the district 
of Ji-oke, also called Ki-oke, Kiboke, and by the 
Portuguese “ Quiboque.” The stream is described 
as being one hundred yards broad, running through 
a deep green glen like the Clyde. The people at¬ 
tested its length by asserting, in true African style, 
“ If you sail along it for months, you will turn with¬ 
out seeing the end of it: ” European geographers 
apparently will not understand that this declaration 
shows only the ignorance of the natives concerning 
everything a few miles beyond their homes. The 
explorer (February 27, 1854) places the ford in 
south latitude n° 15' 47'', and his map shows east 
longitude (G.), 2i°40 / 30", about 7 0 30' (1=450 direct 
geographical miles) from Novo Redondo on the 
Western Coast. He dots its rise in the “ Balobale 
country,” south latitude 1 2° to 13 0 , and east longi¬ 
tude 19 0 to 20 0 . Pursuing his course, Dr. Living¬ 
stone (March 30) first sighted the Quango (Coango) 
as it emerged from the dark jungles of Londa, a 
giant Clyde, some 350 yards broad, flowing down 
an enormous valley of denudation. He reached it 
on April, 1854, in south latitude 9 0 53', and east 
longitude (G.) 18 0 37', about 300 geographical 
linear miles from the Atlantic. Three days to the 
west lies the easternmost station of Angola, Cas- 
sange : no Portuguese lives, or rather then lived, 
beyond the Coango Valley. The settlers informed 
him that eight days' or about 100 miles’ march 
