750 General Notes. [ October, 
Konde, long. 33° 45’ E. and lat. 9° 22’S., the extremely steep 
face of the plateau commences, and the ascent from 3300.to 6500 
feet above sea level in the country of Nyika was made. The 
highest point reached was on the Munboya mountains at the ele- 
vation of 8180 feet. From these mountains the ground descends 
through barren woodland till long. 32° 45’ is reached, where the 
altitude is only 3300 feet. To the west Nyika is bounded by the 
Chingambo mountains, running north and south and rising to 
5000 feet. These mountains are in long. 32° 45’ E. and lat. 90° 
5’S. On crossing them they were found to slope away gradu- 
ally to the west. They then passed through Mambwe and Ulungu 
where the wooded ridges rise to 5000 feet to Tanganyika. Mr. 
Thomson believes the rise in the waters of Tanganyika to be 
periodical and according to the ainount of rainfall. 
Leaving Pambete on November soth, Thomson established a 
permanent camp for his expedition at Liendwé, on the Lofu river, 
and then taking a few of his followers advanced into the country 
of Itawa, occupying a very hilly plateau and exceedingly diffi- 
cult to march through. “There was not a mile of level ground, 
but hills followed hills, all of the most precipitous nature, varied . 
only here and there by some lower ridge.” The adjoining coun- 
smooth rounded outlines, except where they face the lake. Large 
streams are numerous and must make the country almost impassa- 
ble during the rains.” The people also were most excitable and 
ofa current.” The barrier seen by Stanley was found swept away ; 
e river, narrowed at this point, rushing through with great force 
so as to be utterly impassable for canoe or boat. “The barrier of 
mud and papyrus was swept away either two or three years ago, 
the waters of the lake having been rising till that time; since 
then there has been a fall of seven feet, according to the observa- 
tions of Mr. Hore at Ujiji, who was also the first to see the Lu- 
kuga as an indisputable river.”! From here he continued on to- 
1 Mr. E. C. Hore, of the London Missionary Society, visited the Lukuga in April, 
1879, and found it a large river flowing out of the lake. From the high ridge above 
the stream he saw it flowing outward as far as the eye could reach towards the Lu- 
alaba. Cameron and Stanley both visited the Lukuga in the dry season.— Lior. ` 
