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remembered, particularly by the Zande, and that, when I inquire 

 after the names of plants or am collecting seeds, I am very 

 often asked if I am your fellow-countryman. It is beyond 

 the comprehension of people here, as well as in other parts of 

 the country, how a man can trouble himself more about animals 

 and plants than about slave-girls, and can show greater interest 

 in mountains and rivers, valleys and plains, than in making 

 raids on the Negroes' cows and goats. And the people are 

 certainly not to be blamed, for who has taken trouble about 

 these things from disinterested motives until now ? 



I have tried to draw up a genealogical tree with the view 

 of acquiring a knowledge of the real ruling families, and of 

 distinguishing the numerous claimants and upstarts from the 

 rightful masters of the country, and now I have a fairly clear 

 idea of this subject, so puzzling to a novice. I append the 

 curious result of my researches : — 



Eru\ + 



I 



Mebolo. + 



I 



Menzigga. + 



Tukuba (Tikibo) Nabimbali 



(founder of Western branch). + (founder of Eastern branch). + 



Muapa\ + Munza. + Sanga (Kebir). Abunga. + 



I I I 



Sanga Mambele. Mbala. Gongo. + 



Ndula + (the family Ndula is properly Bamba). 



Zisi. 



Degberra. + His sister is Dekera. + 



I 

 Kupa-h, Kubi + , Bondo + , Banda + , Enemasi + , Yangara. 



N.B. — Degberra's sister, Dekera, married Nabimbali, chief of the Monbuttu, 

 who associated with himself his brother-in law, Degberra, and invested him with 

 a part of his territory at the expense of his son, Abunga. Erom him Yangara is 

 descended. 



I should certainly like to have extended my journey a little 

 farther to the west, where every step would have brought me 

 nearer to Junker's farthest point, or to the south, whence I re- 



