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nortli of Kavirondo. They appear to be an extremely ferocious tribe, carefully 



avoided by all traders passing in the vicinity of their haunts. They are described 



as " clothed with knives," which they wear on their arms, thighs, body, and waist. 



The centres of population in U-Kavirondo are sufficiently large to merit the 



Fig. 30.— U-Ganda : Rxjbaga, Principal Residence of M'Tesa. 



name of towns. The largest is Kabondo, situated on the eastern frontier, near the 

 Masai country. At ITyaica, about four hours' march to the north-west, stands the 

 residence of the king, followed in the same direction and about the same distance 

 by Sandegé, the depot of the Mussulman merchants of Zanzibar, commanding a 



