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proceed to the conflueuce ot the Rovuma and Lujeudi Rivers, fix the 

 longitude of the junction, and will then establish himself awhile in the 

 Namuli Hills. After a study of that region, Mr. Last will enter the 

 valley of the Likuga, follow it to the coast, and then follow the coast 

 to Quillimane or Angoche. 



In a report to the British foreign office, by Mr. Laurence Goodrich, 

 Her Britannic Majesty's acting consul for the Nyasse district, dated Ban- 

 daw6, Lake Nyassa, June 1, 1885, he describes a recent visit to the 

 country on the west of the lake. He refers principally to the territory 

 of Muazi, which was visited by Livingston. During his stay at Kasungo, 

 Muazi's town, 130 miles SSW. of Bandaw6, the chief died and was 

 succeeded by his nephew Katame. Mr. Goodrich was well received there, 

 the natives having that respect for the English which is always to be found 

 where Livingston has been the only previous white visitor. The chief 

 object of the visit was to inquire into and endeavor to wean the chiefs 

 from encouraging the slave trade. The country he passed through be- 

 tween Bandawe and Kasungo he found entirely uninhabited, though 

 abounding in game of all kinds. Kasungo is situated in the center of a 

 large treeless plain, 2,258 feet above the level of Lake Nyassa, the houses 

 being built around a curious conical-shaped hill 900 feet above the plain. 

 The chiefs interviewed were anxious to see English traders settled in 

 the country. Muazi's country is known as the Marumba country, and 

 the people are Wanyasse. Here a very large stock of ivory is to be 

 bought — according to Mr. Goodrich, Katame offered to sell him a hun- 

 dred tusks. The soil (he states) is good, and adapted for wheat grow- 

 ing; cattle thrive admirably, and the tsetse fly does not exist in the 

 district. The plain around the base of Mount Kasungo is 4,000 feet 

 above the sea, which altitude should insure a climate suited to Euro- 

 jieans. The natives appear to be simi^le and peace-loving. 



Dr. Hannington, Bishop of Equatorial Africa, started with Mr. Taylor 

 early in June to explore a route, difierent from that followed by Mr. 

 Joseph Thomson, via Ohagga and the Massai country to the eastern 

 shores of Victoria Nyanza. He is of the opinion that if this route be 

 once opened all the caravans for Mombasa to the interior would adopt 

 it, and there would be a great saving* of time and distance. The bishop 

 has attached himself to a Swahali caravan. He hopes to touch Lake 

 Naivasha and emerge at Sendega in Lower Kavirondo. When last heard 

 from he was working his way through the unknown region between 

 Kilima-ujaro and Victoria Nyauza, and hoped to be at Rubaga by the 

 end of the year. Since then an unconfirmed rumor has been received 

 to the effect that he had been taken a prisoner by the King of the Mo- 

 banza, (?) who threatened to put him to death. If successful, the bishop 

 will accomplish a work of great geographic as well as humanitarian 

 value. Sir John Kirk was consulted, and approved of the scheme. 



Dr. Oscar Leiiz's work on Timbuktu appeared early in the year. Since 

 then the Imperial Geographical Society of Vienna has received good 



