274 A NATURALIST IN MID-AFRICA. 



and the people were friendly and pleasant every- 

 where. Every little chief came out to conduct 

 us through his territory. Arabs seldom visit this 

 country. 



I have never seen so marked a line between dif- 

 ferent floras as occurs on these mountains. Below 

 a certain level the plants are wholly western, and 

 obviously the whole basin of Tanganyika is simply 

 a subdivision of the enormous Congo-Niger, or 

 Westerly Wet Flora. 



We spent two days going up and down these 

 little hills, and then emerged on the old level of 

 Tanganyika. 



This is a very sandy plain, often with banks of 

 shells ; there are many Euphorbias and trailing 

 creepers ; Manioc seems the favourite food, and 

 cattle and goats are also very common. At last, 

 on the 28th of September, after marching through 

 an enormous market-place, and about three inter- 

 minable miles of bananas, we encamped on the 

 shore of Tanganyika. 



Then I collapsed utterly. It had taken us 

 55 days from the Albert Edward, and the last 

 month had been a most anxious and trying ex- 

 perience, while my health had been gradually 

 getting worse and worse. 



Here I had to say farewell to my indomitable 

 cow. This gallant animal, the present of Captain 

 Gibb, at Kampala, travelled with us everywhere, 

 even up and down the break-neck paths of 



