Lake Kivu 



vegetables of all kinds, butter, milk, honey, coffee, wheat, 

 rice, nuts, peas, beans, potatoes (European and sweet) tobacco 

 (equal to Latakia), banana flour, oils and finely- worked mats 

 and baskets. What more does man want ? 



A description of what the rich volcanic soil will grow 

 would be merely a reiteration ; suffice it to say that most 

 products will give double the return that they do anywhere 

 else. 



The Bugoie cattle have comparatively small horns, and are 

 the finest breed in the district, being larger, squarer and 

 straighter than any other pure African race. The rich pasture 

 to be found on the lava-plains has probably a good deal to 

 do with this, and will also account for the quantity and rich- 

 ness of the milk these cows produce, which amounts to often 

 as much as six litres daily from one cow. 



Yearling bullocks can now be purchased at Kisenji for 

 from eight to ten francs a head, heifers at twenty to thirty 

 francs, sheep for five francs. The Ruanda cattle have this 

 one disability that they will not travel well and neither will 

 they live when exported. 



The Belgians tell me that plans are maturing to connect 

 Lake Tanganyika with Kivu by a good motor road and so 

 bring the Ruanda in touch with the market in the Katanga 

 Copper Belt. 



It will be seen from the foregoing that young men desirous 

 of carving out a place for themselves in Africa would do well 

 to consult the Belgian Colonial Ofhce, before they are led 

 away by pretentious South or East African advertisements. 



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