TheadjacentcountryisofthesamelevelnatureasthatpartofLondaformerlydescribed；but，havingcomefarthertotheeastwardthanourpreviouscourse，wefoundthatalltherivershadwornforthemselvesmuchdeepervalleysthanatthepointswehadformerlycrossedthem。
Surroundedonallsidesbylargegloomyforests，thepeopleofthesepartshaveamuchmoreindistinctideaofthegeographyoftheircountrythanthosewholiveinhillyregionsItwasonlyafterlongandpatientinquirythatIbecamefullypersuadedthattheQuilorunsintotheChikapa。
Aswenowcrossedthembothconsiderablyfartherdown，andweregreatlytotheeastwardofourfirstroute，therecanbenodoubtthattheseriverstakethesamecourseastheothers，intotheKasai，andthatIhadbeenledintoamistakeinsayingthatanyofthemflowedtothewestwardIndeed，itwasonlyatthistimethatIbegantoperceivethatallthewesternfeedersoftheKasai，excepttheQuango，flowfirstfromthewesternsidetowardthecentreofthecountry，thengraduallyturn，withtheKasaiitself，tothenorth；
and，aftertheconfluenceoftheKasaiwiththeQuango，animmensebodyofwater，collectedfromallthesebranches，findsitswayoutofthecountrybymeansoftheRiverCongoorZaireonthewestcoast。
Thepeoplelivingalongthepathwearenowfollowingwerequiteaccustomedtothevisitsofnativetraders，anddidnotfeelinanywayboundtomakepresentsoffoodexceptforthepurposeofcheating：