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Southern Abyssinia by the Italians, are mentioned in a recent 

 address by Captain Cecchi before the Italian Geographical So- 

 ciety. The position of twenty places has been determined by 

 careful astronomical observations and the correctness of D'Abad- 

 die's work in Enarea and Kaffa has been established. The 

 furthest point reached by Cecchi and Chiarini are the River 

 Maira in lat. 7 40' N., long. 39 30' E., undoubtedly one of the 

 head streams of Haines River, and the kingdom of Kullo to the 

 south of Kaffa which Cecchi traversed as far as lat. 6° 30' N. 



Another Italian, Captain Casati, has succeeded in visiting a few 

 villages of Akka to the south of Tangasi, the present capital of 

 Monhutter. 



The Academy, in speaking of the report of Herr Marno of his 

 survey of the Lower Bahr el Ghazal as far as the mouth of the 

 Bahr el Arab in lat. 9 5' N., observes that as a matter of course 

 it differs very essentially from all preceding surveys, so-called. 

 In fact, no satisfactory map of a river of the nature of that in 

 question can be produced, unless the surveyor is in a position to 

 determine the location of a number of points by careful astro- 

 nomical observations. At present, and notwithstanding the ex- 

 tensive labors of Petherick, Schweinfurth, Dr. Junker and others, 

 not a single longitude has been satisfactorily determined in the 

 vast region lying to the westward of the Upper Nile, while the 

 latitudes are few and far between. 



The latest news from the missionaries at Rubaga, Uganda, is 

 very satisfactory. The weakening of the aggressive power of 

 Egypt on the north has done much to restore quiet to the 

 country. 



A number of the natives engaged on the construction of the 

 road from Lake Nyassa to Lake Tanganyika have been killed 

 and the work was temporarily suspended, but it was hoped that 

 operations would be resumed in May. 



Dr. Pogge and Lieutenant Wissmann on the nth of August, 

 1^88 1, W ere in Mieketta, eight marches north-north-east from 

 Kimbundo. They were proceeding northward and aiming to 

 reach Mukenge's town in the country of the Tuschilange in about 

 lat. 5 S. This is said to be about a thirty-six days' journey along 

 the left bank of the Chikapa River to its junction with the Kassi, 

 and thence down that stream to near the mouth of the Lulua. 

 The Tuschilange are said to be great traders, and Dr. Pogge 

 hopes to meet with no opposition in exploring their country and 

 visiting Lake Mukambo, which is reputed to be about five days 

 journey to the east. This body of water is described as about 

 forty miles in circumference. 



Dr. Buchner, in a paper read before the Bremen Geographical 

 Society, describes the territory of the Muata Yanvo as consisting 

 in the main of wide upland savannas, intersected by valleys, por- 

 tions of which are densely wooded. The fauna is remarkably 



