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THE WATUTA. 



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uation of rivers and villages by means of it, I am inclined to 

 fancy they thonght me a magician. My telling tbeni of the 

 eclipse before it happened impressed them greatly. 



The supposed " long arm " I found to be a myth ; but I be- 

 lieve a river of considerable size, "with a very grassy mouth, 

 flows into the lake at the bottom. 



Tingi-tingi is the name given to grassy places at the mouths 

 of rivers and elsewhere, if the grass is too thick for boats to 

 pass through, but not thick enough for men to walk on ; sindi 

 is the name given when it will bear a man's weight. From 

 this cause the river near Ugaga is called Sindi ; but they also 

 talk of other rivers as sindi, e. g., the Kirumbwe is said to be 

 tingi-tingi, with a little sindi. 



April, 

 1874. 



TANGANYIKA FIBIIES. 



Shortly after starting again, we came to Kasangalowa, in the 

 Kowa — Kongono being the name of the sultan — and here saw 

 michikichi, or palm - oil - trees, for the flrst time since leaving 

 Ujiji. The village was in the possession of the Watuta, the 

 lawful inhabitants having fled to the hills. 



All the Watuta men carry bows and arrows, short spears, ei- 

 ther for throwing or close quarters, a knob-stick, small axe, and 

 an oval shield of skin four feet by two feet six inches. Even 



