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works along the northern face of the mountains of Kawendi. 

 This plain is intersected by the valleys of the Luviji, Rusugi, 

 and other affluents of the Malagarazi, the waters of which, cu- 

 rious to relate, are perfectly fresh, though the soil is in many 

 places impregnated with salt. 



Drawing nearer to the Tanganj'ika, the country becomes 

 more broken and hilly, forming a link between the mountains 

 of TJjiji and Urundi and those of Kawendi. 



In a jungle in Ukaranga — "the country of ground-nuts" — I 

 picked up some nutmegs, well flavored and of good size, and 

 various kinds of india-rubber plants abounded. 



