292 The Yellala of the Congo. 
by King Adooley of Badagry, from the brothers 
Lander. 
The air of Nkulu was a cordial; the aspect of 
the land suggested that it is the threshold to a 
country singularly fertile and delicious, in fact, the 
paradise which Bishop Berkeley (Gaudentio di 
Lucca) placed in Central Africa. The heat of the 
lowlands had disappeared,— 
“ The scorching ray 
Here pierceth not, impregnate with disease/’ 
The thermometer, it is true, did not sink below 
67° (F.), whilst the “ Expedition’ (p. 118) had found 
it 6o° in August, even at Boma during the dewy 
nights. The lowest temperature of the water was 
75 0 , and the highest 79 0 , whereas at the mouth it 
is sometimes 83°; Tuckey gives y 6 °-yy °; 74 0 in 
the upper river above the Falls, and 73 0 where 
there are limestone springs. The oxydization of 
iron suddenly ceased ; after a single day’s drying, 
the plants were ready for a journey to England, 
and meat which will hardly keep one day in the 
lowlands is here eatable on the fifth. 
Whilst the important subject of “ dash ” was 
being discussed I set out in my hammock to visit 
a quitanda or market held hard by. As we 
started, the women sang, 
“ Lungwa u telemene ko Mwanza 
Ko Yellala o kwenda.” 
