272 A NATURALIST IN MID-AFRICA. 



Baumann's works *) in an unpleasant position. 

 The country, according to these observers, is quite 

 different from what I supposed. The Mfumbiro 

 chain is said to run east and west, whereas from 

 my observations it should be almost in the line of 

 the Kiriba chain where I saw it — that is to say, 

 it should lie N.N.W. and S.S.E. 



Certainly from the top of the Kariba chain the 

 Tanganyika valley does not appear to extend for 

 more than 30 or 40 miles north of the lake, and it 

 appeared to me to end at about that distance in 

 a pass not more than 15 miles wide. This valley 

 is perfectly flat and covered with thorn-trees, and 

 the Kusige river, which seems to be a very insig- 

 nificant stream, winds down it from this pass until 

 it enters the lake. 



This flat valley is bounded on the eastern side 

 by the Kiriba chain, on which I was standing, and 

 on the western by a prolongation of the moun- 

 tains of the western shore of Tanganyika. 



The importance of the question lies in the 

 character of the country between Tanganyika and 

 the Albert Edward, but I do not think this ques- 

 tion can be solved until an expedition has passed 

 through this country to the Albert Edward 

 Nyanza. 



From our position one could see clearly that 



* Most unfortunately Baron Von Gotzen's work and map 

 have not yet been published, and the rumours I hear of it are 

 most perplexing. 



