From Fort Portal to P>iijongolo — ^Mobukii Valley. 



The path now went down to tlie Mol)uku liiver, which 

 flows in a bed ahout 25 i'cet deep hollowed ont throuuh ancient 

 alluvial deposits. This torrent is some GO feet ^^ide, the 



ACACIAS (JX THE KOAD 1;I<:TWEEN' DUWOXA AND KASUXCit». 



water nearly three feet deep, and the current \ioleiit. The 

 water is cool, but of a yellowish hue, whicli does not make it 

 attractive to drink. 



While the caravan was collecting on the bank, tlie chiefs 

 of the neio'hbourino- villao-es were arriving; from either side 

 of the valley, with their attendants bearing stools and umbrellas 

 and followed by troops of natives. They all took part in 

 helping the caravan to cross the ford. A rope was stretched 

 across the current, and numbers of natives took up their 



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