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salt-traders daily, and they return our salutations very cor- 

 dially, rubbing earth on the arms. We find our path lies 

 between two ranges of mountains, one flanking the eastern 

 shore, the other about three miles more inland, and parallel 

 to it: these are covered thickly with trees, and are of 

 loosely-coherent granite : many villages are in the space 

 enclosed by these ranges, but all insecure. 



12th November. — We came to the Kalongosi, or, as the 

 Arabs and Portuguese pronounce it, Karungwesi, about 

 60 yards wide, and flowing fast over stones. It is deep 

 enough, even now when the rainy season is not commenced, 

 to require canoes. It is said to rise in Kumbi, or Afar, a 

 country to the south-east of our ford. Fish in great num- 

 bers are caught when ascending to spawn : they are secured 

 by weirs, nets, hooks. Large strong baskets are placed in 

 the rapids, and filled with stones, when the water rises 

 these baskets are standing-places for the fishermen to angle 

 or throw their nets. Having crossed the Kalongosi we were 

 now in Lunda, or Londa. 



13th November. — We saw that the Kalongosi went north 

 till it met a large meadow on the shores of Moero, and, 

 turning westwards, it entered there. The fishermen gave 

 us the names of 39 species of fish in the Lake ; they 

 said that they never cease ascending the Kalongosi, though 

 at times they are more abundant than at others : they are 

 as follows. 



Monde ; Mota ; Lasa ; Kasibe ; Molobe ; Lopembe ; Mo- 

 toya; Chipansa; Mpifu; Manda; Mpala; Moombo; Mfeu 

 Mende; Seuse; Kadia nkololo; Etiaka; Nkomo; Lifisha 

 Sambamkaka ; Ntondo ; Sampa ; Bongwe ; Mabanga ; Kise 

 Kuanya ; Nkosu ; Pale ; Mosungu ; Litembwa ; Mechebere 

 Koninchia ; Sipa ; Lomembe ; Molenga ; Mironge ; N findo 

 Pende. 



14th November. — Being doubtful as to whether we were 

 in the right path, I sent to a village to inquire. The 



