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gradually drew thern round to his belly in front. He took 

 several prolonged draughts, and at each she repeated the 

 operation, as if to make the liquor go equally over the 

 stomach. Our topers don't seem to have discovered the 

 need for this. 



5th September. — Our march is along the shore to Ngornbo 

 promontory, which approaches so near to Senga or Tsenga 

 opposite, as to narrow the Lake to some sixteen or eighteen 

 miles. It is a low sandy point, the edge fringed on the 

 north-west and part of the south with a belt of papyrus and 

 reeds; the central parts wooded. Part of the south side 

 has high sandy dunes, blown up by the south wind, which 

 strikes it at right angles there. One was blowing as we 

 marched along the southern side eastwards, and was very 

 tiresome. We reached Panthunda's village by a brook 

 called Lilole. Another we crossed before coming to it is 

 named Libesa : these brooks form the favourite spawning 

 grounds of the sanjika and mpasa, two of the best fishes of 

 the Lake. The sanjika is very like our herring in shape 

 and taste and size ; the mpasa larger every way : both live 

 on green herbage formed at the bottom of the Lake and 

 rivers. 



1th September. — Chirumba's village being on the south 

 side of a long lagoon, we preferred sleejoing on the main- 

 land, though they offered their cranky canoes to ferry us 

 over. This lagoon is called Pansangwa. 



8th September. — In coming along the southern side of 

 Ngombo promontory we look eastwards, but when we leave 

 it we turn southwards, having a double range of lofty 

 mountains on our left. These are granitic in form, the 

 nearer range being generally the lowest, and covered with 

 scraggy trees ; the second, or more easterly, is some 6000 

 feet above the sea, bare and rugged, with jagged peaks 

 shooting high into the air. This is probably the newest 

 range. The oldest people have felt no earthquake, but 



