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stolen, and all declared that the deed must have been dune 

 by Banyamwezi. " At Guha people never steal," and I 

 believe this is true. 



7th August. — The guide having arrived, we marched 2\ 

 hours west and crossed the River Logumba, about forty yards 

 broad and knee deep, with a rapid current between deep cut 

 banks ; it rises in the western Kabogo range, and flows 

 ^ibout S.W. into Tanganyika. Much dura or Holcus sorghum 

 is cultivated on the rich alluvial soil on its banks by the 

 Guha people. 



Sth August — West through open forest ; very undulating, 

 and the path full of angular fragments of quartz. We see 

 mountains in the distance. 



9th-10tJi August. — Westwards to Makhato's village, and 

 met a company of natives beating a drum as they came 

 jiear ; this is the peace signal ; if war is meant the attack 

 is quiet and stealthy. There are plenty of Masuko trees 

 laden with fruit, but unripe. It is cold at night, but dry, 

 .and the people sleep with only a fence at their heads, but I 

 have a shed built at every camp as a protection for the 

 loads, and sleep in it. 



Any ascent, though gentle, makes me blow since the 

 attack of pneumonia ; if it is inclined to an angle of 45°, 

 100 or 150 yards make me stop to pant in distress. 



11th August. — Came to a village of Ba Rua, surrounded 

 by hills of some 200 feet above the plain ; trees sparse. 



12th -13th August. — At villages of Mekheto. Guha 

 people. Remain to buy and prepare food, and because many 

 ^re sick. 



16th August. — West and by north through much forest 

 and reach Kalalibebe ; buffalo killed. 



17th August. — To a high mountain, Golu or Gulu, and 

 sleep at its base. 



18th August.— -Cross two rills flowing into River Mgoluye. 

 Kagoya and Moishe flow into Lobumba. 



