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acreage of the whole, as is said to be the case with five 

 islands in Ukerewe; but even the largest island, Chirubi, 

 does not in the least dwarf the enormous mass of the 

 water of Bangweolo. A range of mountains, named Lokinga, 

 extends from the south-east to the south-west : some small 

 burns come down from them, but no river ; this range joins 

 the Kone, or Mokone range, west of Katanga, from which on 

 one side rises the Lufira, and on the other the Liambai, or 

 Zambesi. The river of Manda, called Matanga, is only a 

 departing and re-entering branch of the Lake, also the 

 Luraa and Loela rivers — some thirty yards broad — have 

 each to be examined as springs on the south of the Lake. 



July 29th. — Not a single case of Derbyshire neck, or of 

 Elephantiasis, was observed anywhere near the Lake, con- 

 sequently the report we had of its extreme unhealthiness 

 was erroneous : no muddy banks did we see, but in the way 

 to it we had to cross so many sponges, or oozes, that the 

 word matojpe, mud, was quite applicable ; and I suspect, if we 

 had come earlier, that we should have experienced great 

 difficulty in getting to the Lake at all. 



30th July. — We commenced our march back, being 

 eager to get to Chikumbi's in case Mohamad should go 

 thence to Katanga. We touched at Mapuni's, and then 

 went on to the Molongosi. Clouds now began to cover the 

 sky to the Mpanda, which has fifteen yards of flood, though 

 the stream itself is only five yards wide, then on to the 

 Mato and Moiegge's stockade, where we heard of Chikumbi's 

 attack on Kombokombo's. Moiegge had taken the hint, 

 and was finishing a second line of defence around his village : 

 we reached him on the 1st August, 1868, and stopped for 

 Sunday the 2nd : on the 3rd back to the Kofubu, where I 

 was fortunate enough to hire a canoe to take me over. 



In examining a tsetse fly very carefully I see that it has 

 a receptacle at the root of the piercer, which is of a black 

 or dark-red colour ; and when it is squeezed, a clear fluid is 



