Central afrika. Lukuga

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Stenli has familiarised also with Lukugoj, giving as if a drain to lake waters, and has come to conclusion, that Kemron was mistaken: waters flew down through Lukugu only when water in lake reached exclusively high level.

From lake of Tanganyika Stenli has proceeded downwards on valley Luamy before merge of this river to that which Livingstone named Lualaba and which actually was the river Congo. ' My problem, he-wrote, - was to track its [Congo] to ocean '. It has reached that area from which the Livingstone revolted with dealers-Arabs in 1871 has turned back and whence faced in 1874 with animosities of same Arabs Kemron has turned on the southwest. Stenli with its armed group in 152 persons it was possible to pass there where there could not pass its predecessors. It has reached the rivers of Lualaba in a point laying under 3°35! ju. sh. And 2549! Century d. ' is not present more on light of the river of Lualaba, he-has written down,-henceforth I it will name the river of Livingstone '.

There is no need in all details to trace successful travel Stenli downwards on this river to Atlantic ocean. On August, 9th, 1877, ' for 999th day after an exit from Zanzibar ', it has reached Boma. So one of the most remarkable expeditions in all history of geographical researches has come to an end. If voices are audible, that Stenli simply reaped the fruits of another's works, it is not necessary to forget, that it has done huge work what is done only by travellers-pioneers, and that it managed to find a key to the riddles, appeared unsoluble for its predecessors.