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and south-east. Eanges of liills, all wooded to tlie 

 summit, stretclied away as far as the eye could reach. 

 By compass, I found the ranges to tend N.W. by 

 W. and S.E. by E. We passed, in the course of the 

 evening, two other Ishogo villages ; and, at five p.m., 

 fixed our encampment for the night near the foot of 

 a hill called Mouida, on the banks of a beautiful 

 stream, called Mabomina. We had travelled about 

 ten miles since leaving Mokenga. 



Jane 2Zrd. Our night was not a very tranquil one, 

 as our Ishogos had to keep watch in turns on account 

 of the leopards prowling about. I had myself very 

 little sleep, having no inclination to be made a meal 

 of by the hungry animals. 



At eight a.m. we left the leaf-thatched sheds which 

 we had built for our last night's shelter. At ten, we 

 readied the banks of the Odiganga, a picturesque 

 stream, one of the tributaries of the Ngouyai. At 

 the place to which our path led us the stream was 

 fordable at this season, the water reaching only to 

 our hips, but a few yards lower down the stream was 

 very deep. It is only at certain points that the river 

 IS fordable. During the rains it becomes so deep 

 and dangerous that the natives have to cross it on 

 a raft secured by ropes to the trees on either bank. 

 The Odiganga forms the eastern boundary of the 

 Ishogo territory, and runs towards the south-west. 

 There are two Ishogo villages near the right bank, 

 and an Ashango village on the left. The two tribes 

 are curiously intermixed in the Ishogo villages ; on 

 one side of the street Ishogos dwell, and on the other 

 side Ashangos ; they are probably related by mar- 



