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of our course. Tipo Tipo is said to be at Morero, west of 

 Tanganyika. 



22nd October. — Turned back westwards, and went through 

 the hills down to some large islets in the Lake, and camped 

 in villages destroyed by Simba. A great deal of cotton is 

 cultivated here, about thirty feet above the Lake. 



23rd October. — First east, and then passed two deep bays, 

 at one of which we put up, as they had food to sell. The 

 sides of the Tanganyika Lake are a succession of rounded 

 bays, answering to the valleys which trend down to the shore 

 between the numerous ranges of hills. In Lake Nyassa they 

 seem made by the prevailing winds. We only get about 

 one hour and a half south and by east. Eain probably fell 

 last night, for the opposite shore is visible to-day. The 

 mountain range of Banda slopes down as it goes south. This 

 is the district of Motoshi. Wherever buffaloes are to be 

 caught, falling traps are suspended over the path in the 

 trees near the water. 



24th October. — There are many rounded bays in moun- 

 tainous Fipa. We rested two hours in a deep shady dell, 

 and then came along a very slippery mountain-side to a 

 village in a stockade. It is very hot to-day, and the first 

 thunderstorm away in the east. The name of this village is 

 Linde. 



25th October. — The coast runs south-south-east to a cape. 

 We went up south-east, then over a high steep hill to 

 turn to south again, then down into a valley of Tangan- 

 yika, over another stony side, and down to a dell with a 

 village in it. The west coast is very plain to-day; rain 

 must have fallen there. 



2Qth October. — Over hills and mountains again, past two 

 deep bays, and on to a large bay with a prominent islet on 

 the south side of it, called Kitanda, from the chief's name. 

 There is also a rivulet of fine water of the same name 

 here. 



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