60 The American Naturalist. [January, 
rubber from a root abounding in the plains east of the Kwanza and 
ukema rivers. Between Bihé and Bailundu, (about 16° E.) springs 
of the Okovango, which flows to Lake Ngami are met with close to 
those of feeders of the Kwanza, which flows northwards. Westward 
of this the territory of the Vachibokwe was entered, and the sources 
of the Kutia, a tributary of the Kwanza, were passed. Soon afterwards 
the head of the Monyango, the southern-most feeder of the Kasai, was 
met with; and a little further on were the springs of the Elume, which 
runs into the Zambezi. ` The Vachibokwe are active and industrious, 
and were the first to discover a method of extracting rubber from the 
“‘Talamba’’ root. Eastward of these are the Luvale or Va-luena. - 
Kangombe, a Va-luena chief, is a great slave hunter, and the terror of i 
the Lunda or Muata-yamoo. Beyond the Lumese and Luena tribu- 
taries of the Zambezi is the great Kifumadji flat, which in the rainy 
season is flooded to a depth of two or three feet. The Lunda country 
was then crossed in sight of the Zambesi, here flowing westward. 
Kaomba Mountain or Border Craig, as Mr. Arnot styles it, marks the 
watershed between Zambesi and Congo. The country became moun- i 
tainous about 25° E., and the Lokoleshe, Lufupa, Luburi, and Lulua 4 
were large streams crossed before the Lualaba was reached—all flowing 7 
northwards. The Sambau mountains, inhabited by a portion of the : 
Samba tribe, who dwell in caves, were left to the left hand, and then, 
after passing the Lukurawe, a rugged mountainous land was entered. 
Leave of Msidi, the potentate of Garengafze, had to be asked before 
entering the capital. Auguries were consulted before admitting the visitor, 
and fortunately these proved auspicious. Garenganze is a name made 
by Msidi for the kingdom he has created. The Arabs knows it aS — 
Katanga. The capital ison an immense plain called Mukurra, with n 
_ high mountains on two of its sides. Msidi’s town consists of a number 
of villages around a double-topped hill in the south of the plain. me 
Msidi’s kingdom extends from the Lualaba to the Luapula, and from a 
the Luba country on the north to the mountains dividing the Congo a 
and Zambezi water-systems. Mr. Arnot stayed at Msidi’s capital for ee 
more than two years. 
The Leeba of Livingstone is really the Zambezi. 
The great Lombwe caves are very remarkable and extensive, and 
are inhabited by a considerable number of natives. One cave, the 
~ Kotasa, has two mouths, the distance between them being five 
miles. 


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