CHAPTEK III. 



THE VICT OBI A REGION, INCLUDING UGANDA. 



"IMMEDIATELY after passing the Nandi hills, 

 -*- the descent of the plateau of the Victoria 

 region commences. The Nandi hills themselves 

 are composed of a series of schists, which have 

 been carefully described by Dr. Gregory from my 

 specimens.* 



The country rapidly sinks in level from this 

 point to Mumia's and the proposed port on the 

 Nyanza, at Berkeley Bay, and a marked difference 

 in temperature is at once apparent. This is, in 

 fact, the commencement of the coffee zone, below 

 5,000 feet, which extends to the base of Buwen- 

 zori. It is on reaching Kabrassie that one again 

 finds oneself amongst human beings. These are 

 the Wakavirondo, who brought us welcome quan- 

 tities of sweet potatoes, " podjo " (a kind of bean), 

 fowls, eggs, quails in small baskets, &c. 



These people are dressed chiefly in air, and, as 

 one always finds in scantily clothed native races, 



'■'- The paper has been handed in to the Geological Society. 



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