THE SALT LAKE AND SEMLIKI VALLEY. 129 



British East Africa" (p. 78), where the Salt lake 

 is called " evidently a pool left by the receding 

 waters of Lake Albert Edward." It is rather 

 unfortunate that the compiler of this book was 

 quite unacquainted with the country, except by 

 second-hand accounts ; so that he mentions a 

 country " Ukonju " (see p. 79) which has no exis- 

 tence whatever, and no one ever speaks as he does 

 of "Awamba," which would be equivalent to say- 

 ing that ct Jones ' is the name of a district in 

 Wales, or " Campbell " that of another in Scot- 

 land. 



Both these are generalisations from the fact that 

 the northern part of the Semliki valley is inhabited 

 by Wawamba, and the southern by Wakondja, 

 which latter, however, extend from Karimi right 

 round the east side of the mountain, as far as the 

 Wind valley. It is, moreover, the Wanyuema who 

 raid this country, not the pygmies, and the country 

 of the Awamba, as far as I went, has no forest 

 whatever except on the river, but is covered by 

 long elephant grass, or short spear grass which is 

 never lono'. One more criticism is demanded — 

 the Wakondja's heads are not rounder than those 

 of either the Wawamba or the " superior light 

 race' by whom, apparently, the Wahima are 

 meant. 



Statements of this kind involve most dangerous 

 errors ; yet those which I have here controverted 

 are comprised in the space of one half -page. 



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