Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire, Usually Called the Congo in 1816, Under the Direction of Captain J. K. Tuckey, (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1818 Excerpt: ...the Peak again before us, we found the ascending it would take the remaining part of our time, and that the way we had followed, though it was the most commodious, was at the same time the longest. We resolved, therefore, to limit our farther journey to the ascent of one of the conical hills that surrounded us, in order to take as extensivea view of the island as possible, and then toreturn. Corea was dispatched to the nearest shepherd's hut to procure us some milk. We gave up our first plan with less regret, by considering that we had brought no barometer with us; but in return we missed many in teresting plants, the number of which continued increasing as we walked on. Wehad soon reached the summit of the nearest hill to the left; and to the south-west, the level land through which we had travelled, comprehending the whole barranco of Trinidad down to Puerto, was spreading itself under our feet. Farther on to the west some hills were seen, between which another barranco was winding its course down to Publico grands. The ridge of mountains runs in the direction of the longest diameter of the island from S.E. to N. W., but it runs nearer the sea and with steeper declivities at the N. E. Ithan at the opposite side. The valley of St. Domingo is one Of the deep barrancos to this side, and there are probably more of them farther on. Their steep sid'e towards the ridge of the mountains, as also the Pico Antonio itself have a complete basaltic appearance. No trace of real volcanoes were to be seen. The hills to the W.S.W. have a more volcanic form, and it is in this direction that the high peak of the island of Fogo is situated, but this we unfortunately could not discover through the clouds. Pico Antonio is very steep at its westem side. At the oppos...