18G8.] VISIT TO NYINAKASANGA'S VILLAGE. 280 



18th April. — We marched along the north end of Moero, 

 which has a south-east direction. The soft yielding sand 

 which is flanked by a broad belt of tangled tropical vege- 

 tation and trees, added to the fatigues of yesterday, so 

 finding a deserted fisherman's village near the eastern hills, 

 we gladly made it our quarters for Sunday (19^). I made 

 no mark, but the Lake is at least twenty feet higher now 

 than it was on our first visits, and there are banks showing- 

 higher rises even than this. 



Large fish-baskets made of split reeds are used in trios 

 for catching small fish ; one man at each basket drives fish 

 ashore. 



20th April — Went on to Katette Kiver, and then to a 

 strong torrent ; slept at a village on the north bank of the 

 River Vuna, where, near the hills, is a hot fountain, some- 

 times used to cook cassava and maize. 



21st April. — Crossed the Vuna and went on to Ka- 

 lembwe's village, meeting the chief at the gate, who guided 

 us to a hut, and manifested great curiosity to see all our 

 things ; he asked if we could not stop next day and drink 

 beer, which would then be ready. Leopards abound here. 

 The Lake now seems broader than ever. 



I could not conceive that a hole in the cartilage of the 

 nose could be turned to any account except to hold an 

 ornament, though that is usually only a bit of grass, but 

 a man sewing the feathers on his arrows used his nose-hole 

 for holding a needle ! In coming on to Kangalola we found 

 the country swimming : I got separated from the company, 

 though I saw them disappear in the long grass not a hundred 

 yards off and shouted, but the splashing of their feet pre- 

 vented any one hearing. I could not find a path going 

 south, so I took one to the east to a village ; the grass was 

 so long and tangled, I could scarcely get along, at last I 

 engaged a man to show me the main path south, and he 

 took me to a neat village of a woman — Nyinakasanga— 



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