The Waha and Barundi 



of sending down large drafts of the big homed cattle every 

 month to keep it supplied. The native soldiers under him 

 were a smart lot of men, and as they were in full dress for 

 inspection one morning, I " took " them on the kine-camera, 

 also a " mob " of the big cattle. We spent three days 

 within the castle keep, while I collected round about. Not 

 finding much of interest, however, we were soon away 

 again and saying good-bye to our hospitable friends. They 

 had given us many good things and helped to map out my 

 future route. 



We were now at an elevation of about 3,600 feet above 

 sea level, and having left the low lying central basin of the 

 Malagarasi and its " fly " infested bush behind us, were 

 journeying through the high, down-like mountains that 

 enclose it on this side. As Mr. Pieters described it to us, 

 the country gets " worse and worse " or rather, more 

 mountainous and still more mountainous the farther north 

 one goes, until it culminates in one of nature's greatest 

 efforts, the Virunga or Mfumbiro volcanic range, north-east 

 of Lake Kivu. 



The country through which we were passing was under 

 the sway of a Watusi sub-chief (or " chef-Heu," to use the 

 French word) named Kalimba, who is responsible to, and 

 placed there by, the King of Ruanda, into whose country 

 we had now entered. The high downs on either side of 

 us were dotted with small farms and banana-groves, enclosed 

 by hedges of dwarf euphorbias and caustic milk-weeds. 

 The soil hereabouts, and as far as the Malagarasi River, is 

 of a deep rich red colour overlaying a solid ironstone forma- 

 tion, and supports a very rich pasture of short grass on which 

 the numberless herds of large homed cattle wax fat. Before 



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