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ACEOSS AFKICA. 



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quire, and from the honey make a sort of mead, wbicli is strong 

 and by no means unpalatable. 



The people work iron tastefully and well. They obtain the 

 ore from nodules found in the beds of the streams. 



The basins of the Kongo and Zambesi terminate in the west- 

 ern portion of Kibokwe, where that of the Kwanza commences. 

 The country of Bihe is entered after the Kwanza is crossed, the 

 eastern portion being formed of wooded hills of red sandstone 

 with many running brooks and rills, while in the western part 

 are w^ide jDrairies and bare downs with a few patches of wood. 



A GROUP OK PAQAZI. 



A peculiar feature is the number of streams which flow un- 

 der-ground for a portion of their course ; the most remarkable 

 instance of this being the " Burst of the Kutato," the boundary 

 between Bihe and Bailunda. 



The eastern portion of Bailunda is moderately level, with 

 rocky hills, on the summits of which are situated the villages of 



