Congeniality

State or quality of being congenial; participation of the same genus, nature, or origin. -Cognation; natural affinity; suitablene . Con genialize, v. a. To render congenial. Congenialne , n. Congeniality. Congenious, a. Of the same kind; congeneric. (R.) Congen'ital, Congen'ite, a. [Fr. congénital; Lat. con gen it us - con, and genitus, from gig no, to beget.] Of the same birth; born with another; cognate; begotten together. Pertaining to an individual from his birth. (Med.) Applied to the diseases which infants have at birth; hence, C. affections are those that depend on faulty conformation, as C. hernia, . glutino , con glut in at us , from con, and gluten , glut in is , glue.] To glue together; to unite by some glutinous or tenacious substance. -v. n. To coalesce. Conglutinate, a . Glued together; united by a ten a cio us substance. Conglutination, n. [Fr.] Act of gluing together; a joining by means of some tenacious substance. (Med.) A healing by uniting the parts of a wound; union. power of uniting by glue, or other substance of like nature. uniting wounds. Con'go River. One of the great rivers of the world and, next to the Nile, the longest river in Africa, the knowledge of which is due to the recent explorations of Stanley and other travellers. All that was formerly known of the Congo was the lowland section from the present station of Vivi to its mouth, a distance of 90 miles. It descends from the plateau region in a series of falls and rapids which render it unnavigable from Vivi to Stanley Pool, a distance of over 200 miles, around which a railroad is now being constructed. The Congo has no delta; in this respect differing from the Nile, Niger, and Zambesi, the other large African rivers. Its total length, as now estimated, is about 2,900 miles, half of which is unnavigable. Its basin has an area of about 1,200,000 square miles, traversed by numerous large affluents which permit navigation throughout a great section of interior Africa. The Congo, which is known by various names in different parts of its course, appears first as the Chambezi river, whose source is in the mountains south of Lake Leopold, between Lakes Tanganyika and Nya a, in about 9° S. Lat., and 32° E. Lon. This stream flows S. W., entering Lake Bamba, or Bangueolo, from which it emerges under the name of Luapula. Entering Lake Moero, it reappears as the Luvna, and flows N. to Lake Lanchi, an unexplored sheet of water. Just before reaching this lake it receives one of its main affluents, the great Lualaba, which many regard as the main stream. This river, discovered and partly explored by Living stone, rises far south (about 12° S. Lat. and 250 E. Lon.), and flows northward through a succe ion of lakes. After emerging from Lake Lanchi, the combined stream is known as the Lualaba, and flows northerly until it has pa ed the equator. From this part of its course it was explored by Stanley to its mouth, and indentified as the Congo, thus adding another to the mighty rivers of the world. Its exploration extends from about 4° S. Lat., from which point it is a noble stream, well filled with islands, and occasionally dividing into two or more sections. Where it cro es the equator there occurs a series of falls and cataracts, which are known collectively as the Stanley Falls. Its course is now northwestward to 2° N. Lat., then southwestward for over Fig. 664.-HAIR-DRESS OF A CONGOESE GIRL. 1,000 miles to Stanley pool, in lat. 4o S. For this distance it is navigable. Stanley Pool stands at the head of the series of falls and rapids by which the stream descends from the highlands to the lowland region already spoken of. The Congo receives many tributaries, which yield a length of navigable streams estimated at over 3,000 miles in extent, forming a series of water-ways rarely rivalled. The two largest of these affluents are the Ka ai, or Kwa, from the south, and the Moganbi, or Ubangi, from the north. The two next in size are the Lubilash, from the south, and the Novelle, from the north. This stream, called the Aruwimi at its mouth, is the one followed by Stanley in his notable forest journey to the Albert Nyanza. The Congo discharges a tremendous volume of water into the ocean, second only to that of the Amazon. Some idea of the force of this gigantic current may be had from the fact that debris from its mouth can be traced more than 300 miles from land.