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men speared one of them, which, had scales on ; its tail had 

 been bitten off by a cannibal brother : in length it was about 

 two feet : there were curious roe-like portions near its back- 

 bone, yellow in colour ; the flesh was good. We climbed up 

 a pass at the east end of Mpimbwe mountain, and at a 

 rounded mass of it found water. 



18th October. — Went on about south among mountains 

 all day till we came down, by a little westing, to the 

 Lake again, where there were some large villages, well 

 stockaded, with a deep gully half round them. Ill with 

 my old complaint again. Bubwe is the chief here. Food 

 dear, because Simba made a raid lately. The country is 

 Kilando. 



19th October — Eemained to prepare food and rest the 

 people. Two islets, Nkoma and Kalenge, are here, the latter 

 in front of us. 



20th October. — We got a water-buck and a large buffalo, 

 and remained during the forenoon to cut up the meat, and 

 started at 2 p.m. 



Went on and passed a large arm of Tanganyika, having a 

 bar of hills on its outer border. Country swarming with 

 large game. Passed two bomas, and spent the night near 

 one of them. Course east and then south. 



21st October. — Mokassa, a Moganda boy, has a swelling 

 of the ankle, which prevents his walking. We went one 

 hour to find wood to make a litter for him. The bomas 

 round the villages are plastered with mud, so as to inter- 

 cept balls or arrows. The trees are all cut clown for these 

 stockades, and the flats are cut up with deep gullies. A 

 great deal of cotton is cultivated, of which the people 

 make their cloth. There is an arm of Tanganyika here 

 called Kafungia. 



I sent a doti to the headman of the village, where we 

 made the litter, to ask for a guide to take us straight south 

 instead of going east to Fipa, which is four days off and out 



