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to the swamp-river referred to above. I had a 

 great deal of difficulty in inducing the Wagufu not 

 to accompany me into Urundi as they obviously 

 thought it would be a good opportunity of paying 

 off old scores ; but after some trouble we managed 

 to cross alone and saw the 2,000 or so Wagufu 

 warriors gazing regretfully after us to see if we 

 should be attacked. 



We found the people of Urundi in this part did 

 not recognise the present Mwesi. They were at 

 first fairly pleasant, and we had more dancing. 

 In this part, however, and also in Kiliinanyambi's 

 country they used to dance on our first arrival 

 with long peeled wands instead of spears, probably 

 to show their pacific intentions. Urundi in this 

 part is not at all well known by Europeans. 



It is therefore, perhaps, best to give a short 

 account of its geography. 



Mfumbiro is really the end of a great range of 

 mountains, of which the importance appears to 

 have entirely escaped the attention of geo- 

 graphers. I call this range by the native name, 

 Kiriba, as it would be recognised under that name 

 by any native near its position. Mfumbiro is about 

 10,000 feet high, and the Kiriba, even where I 

 crossed it, was about 8,000 feet. It extends in, I 

 think, a south-easterly or almost southerly direc- 

 tion along the east of Tanganyika till it is inter- 

 rupted by the Malagarasi valley. After that river 

 is passed the chain, which there takes on a plateau 



