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these trees and unmistakable evidence of their having 

 consumed the fallen fruit 



8. MATABEANNIE. A small tree, found near streams, 



and in valleys ; it bears a round fruit about I inch in 

 diameter and of a yellowish green colour. The fruit 

 is very soft and juicy, and contains one seed, about 

 \ inch in diameter. 



9. MLOLA. A large tree, bearing a fruit similar to that 



found on the Undendie shrub, an account of which 

 follows. The whole of the Mlola fruit is eaten skin 

 and all. 



10. MBUIE. A very large tree, sometimes of tremendous 

 girth, with fruit as large as cocoa-nuts. Elephants 

 are particularly fond of these fruits, and shake them 

 down from the trees. The fruit, which is enclosed in 

 shell thinner than that of the cocoa-nut, is of a pale 

 green shade, is full of seeds, and tastes something 

 like a lime sweetened. 



11. MSARA. A fruit, something similar to the Matonga 



but smaller and sweeter. Its flavour is rather nice, 

 and something akin to a sweet lemon. 



12. NDAVA. A large bush, bearing a chocolate-coloured 



fruit, something larger than a cherry, but full of little 

 seeds. I have eaten a great deal of this fruit, and 

 think they would be delicious if cultivated. Elephants 

 are very partial to them. 



13. NYONIO. A magnificent tree, with wide-spreading 



branches, which bears a slightly oblong, chocolate- 

 coloured fruit, about the size of a cherry, in clusters 

 of three and four. The fruit is borne in profusion, 

 and would, I believe, repay cultivation. 



14. PlTIMBlE. A large tree, bearing tremendous quantities 



of a cherry-sized fruit. This fruit is also borne in 

 clusters, but has only one seed, and is bitter-sweet in 

 flavour. When ripe, the skin is black. 



