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of this north-eastern prolongation, and the original 

 people. The country Mpororo, which occupies 

 a large space on the map, is now a very insig- 

 nificant district. Makowalli's people separate it 

 from the lake, and Antari's people also make raids 

 upon it from Ankole, so that its chief, Seribombo, 

 is between two extremely uncomfortable stools. 



The countries of Yisegwe and Eubata are both 

 small districts between Kaihura on the north and 

 Makowalli on the south. They seem to be raided 

 by the Ankole people from the east, and probably 

 also by Makowalli and Kaihura, as well as by each 

 other. 



African politics are a complicated matter, but 

 I fancy these two districts, as well as Kaihura, 

 may be regarded as pioneer colonies of Ankole 

 broken loose and turned independent. 



I have tried to win the gratitude of readers 

 of books of travel by avoiding the daily journal 

 method of writing, but here I must employ it, 

 to give some idea of this almost unknown region. 



After leaving Kaihura' s, we passed at first over 

 a series of low rolling hills, which are, I think, 

 part of the Victoria region plateau. Then, close 

 to Yisegwe' s village, there was a sudden descent 

 to the shore of the Albert Edward Nyanza, and 

 we saw, sweeping away to the south-west, an 

 enormous plain, for the most part covered by dense 

 Acacias, and almost entirely uninhabited. This 

 is the old level of the Albert Edward, and con- 



