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Notes on the Congo River. 
Note. 
A nous deux , Dr. E. Behm ! 
My objections to your paper are the three fol¬ 
lowing : i. It generally understates the volume 
of the Nzadi, by not allowing sufficiently for the 
double equinoctial periods of high water, March to 
June, as well as September to December ; and by 
ignoring the north-equatorial supply. 2. It arbi¬ 
trarily determines the question of the Tanganyika, 
separating it from the Nile-system upon the 
insufficient strength of a gorilla, and of an oil-palm 
which is specifically different from that of the 
Western Coast; and 3. It wilfully misrepresents 
Dr. Livingstone in the matter of the so-called 
Victoria Nyanza. 
My first objection has been amply discussed. 
I therefore proceed to consider the second. As 
Mr. Alexander G. Findlay observed (“ Proceedings 
of the Royal Geographical Society,” No. 3, vol. 
xvii. of July 28, 1873) :—“ Up to the time of 
Stanley’s arrival at Ujiji, and his journey to the 
north of the lake, Livingstone was fully im¬ 
pressed with the conviction that the Tanganyika 
is nothing more than what he called a ‘ lacus¬ 
trine river’ (329 miles long by twenty of average 
breadth) ; flowing steadily to the north and 
forming a portion of the Great Nile Basin. The 
