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navigated. The population of its banks seems extremely dense. The sixteenth num
ber of the Mouvement also contains the first of a series of articles by Lieut. Gustin,
who was attached to Van Kerchhoven’s expedition of 1891-93 to the upper Welle,
accompanied by a map of that river, on which his various routes are laid down. In
the seventeenth number, M. Wauters makes some remarks on the hydrography of
the region between the Mobangi and the Shari. On the publication of the results
of M. Clozel’s journey, M. Wauters expressed a doubt as to the connection of the
Worn, discovered by him, with the Shari basin. He now points to a recent explo
ration by M. Perdrizet, as tending to prove that the Worn is identical with the
Ombela, a tributary of the Mobangi. In the Comptes Rendus of the Paris Geo
graphical Society, however (1898, p. 241), Dr. Herr, M. Clozel’s second in command,
contests this theory, pointing out that the Worn, after flowing south-east for a short
distance, was found by M. Perdrizet to resume its easterly course, and probably
turns to the north after reaching the end of the Rare range, supposed by M.
Wauters to form part of the Congo-Shari water-parting. The Ombela, Dr. Herr
shows, was found by Porel and Brunache to be quite a small river. Finally, it mav
be noted that since last September commercial enterprise has been initiated on the
Lomami, hitherto the most neglected of the Congo tributaries. Factories have been
founded on the lower part of the river by M. Langheld, who reports that the popu
lation is far more dense than was previously stated, the natives being of an un
usually fine type, and well-disposed to Europeans. A company has been formed
to open up the region to trade.
Von Carnap’s Expedition from the Cameroons to the Cong-o. —A letter
Irom Lieut, von Carnap, published in the Deutsches Kolonialblatt for May 16,
supplements to some extent the account of his journey given by the Mouvement
Geographique {Journal, vol. xi. p. 551). The exact route of the expedition cannot,
however, as yet be followed on the map. From Yaunde, Yon Carnap made his way
first towards the north-east to the town of Yoko, in Southern Tibati, proceeding
thence south-east in order to visit the important trade centre of Wuchaba. His
further route seems to have led along the upper Sanaga, almost to the latitude of
Ngaundere, before again bending southwards. The reason for this northerly detour
was the difficult nature of the country south-east of Yaunde, which is said to consist
of an extensive primeval forest. Even on the route followed great hardships were ex
perienced, the native porters suffering especially from the cold. A little later in the
year the south of Adamawa would have been impassable, on account of the amount
of water. Hausa caravans traverse this region from Yola in the north, and from
French Congo in the east, proceeding by various routes to Yoko and Wuchaba
already mentioned. Arrived at the French post of Carnotville, on the Mambere.
Lieut, von Carnap sent back the greater part of his force by a more direct route to
Yaunde, under sub-officers Staadt and Zampa, while he himself proceeded to the
south-east corner of the German territory, at the junction of the Ngoko and San°-a.
The Dutch and Belgian trading-stations on the Ngoko lie at present on the ri^ht
bank, but the chief trade is done with German territory, owing to the immense
amount of ivory supplied by the forest region between 2° and 4° N. ]at. The
supply will probably last for a number of years, but Lieut, von Carnap urges that
attention should be paid to rubber, which he observed everywhere in large quantities.
Some further details respecting the earlier stages of the expedition appear in the
issue of the Kolonialblatt for June 15.
AMERICA.
Exploration of the Upper Amazon Tributaries.— Dr. A. Rimbach con
tributes to the Zeitschrift of the Berlin Geographical Society (1897, No. 6) a