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NORTH-EAST AFRICA. 



"Wa-Huma women are burnt alive whenever they again fall into the hands of their 

 fellow-countrymen. The language of the Wa-Huma is unknown, and it is still 

 uncertain whether they speak a Galla dialect mixed with Bantu words or a Bantu 

 idiom affected by Galla elements. 



The Kingdom of Karagwe. 



The kingdom of Karagwe occupies west of Lake Victoria an area of about 6,000 

 square miles, being limited southwards by TJ-Zinza, west and north by the Tangure 



Fig. 28. — Karagwe. 

 Scale 1 : 1,500,000. 



SO Miles. 



river, which seems to have the best claim to be regarded as the Upper Nile. From 

 U-Sui this state is separated by a desert borderland watered by the Lohugati, 

 which flows north-east to Lake Nyanza. 



Karagwe is one of the finest countries in Central Africa. With its evergreen 

 hills, fertile valleys, and purling brooks, the whole region presents a park-like 

 appearance, and might easily be transformed to a vast garden. The western 

 district is tolerably elevated, the crests of the plateau here attaining a height of 

 5,000 and even 6,000 feet, and in clear weather commanding a view of the blue 



