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geographical puzzles of Africa. All the rivers flowing into the lake 
are very small, andthe broad Somerset Nile which flows out of its 
northern coast certainly carries away more than is received by their 
combined streams. 
The greater part of the waters which fall upon the Uganda region 
seem to make their way either to Lake Rudolf or Lake Baringo, and 
we must therefore assume that Victoria Nyanza is fed by springs. 
The western shore of Lake Albert is faced by a lofty plateau, the 
waters of which flow, not to the Nile basin, but to the Ituri, a tributary 
of the Congo. The Senliki River, which, under various names, unites 
the Albert-Edward or Mwutanzige Lake with the Albert Nyanza, is 
relatively small where it issues from the former, and its considerable 
volume at its entrance into the latter is due to the affluents which flow 
from the western extremity of the snow-capped range of Ruwenzori. 
Though the eastern portion of this range drains directly into the 
Mwutanzige, the waters flowing from the western part are sufficient to 
convert the lower portion of the Senliki into a deep and rapid river. 
Adjoining the Victoria Nyanza on the northeast is the fertile district 
of Kavironda, where much grain is grown and where the natives, a 
good-natured and merry set, wear no clothing of any kind unless the 
tusks of wart-hog, horns and wings with which the warriors decorate 
their heads can be considered as clothing. Passing west from Kavi- 
rondo to Usoga, a district tributary to the Waganda, the character of 
the agriculture suddenly changes, the grain giving place to bananas, 
potatoes and cassava, though no marked difference of soil or aspect 
can be detected in the surface of the country. Moreover, the transit 
is from nudity to clothing, for every native of Usoga, like the Waganda, 
is dressed in the mbugu, an ample garment manufactured from fig- 
bark. The dress of both sexes is the same, but while the mbugu of 
Usoga is black, that of Uganda is brick-red. East of Kavirondo is an 
equatorial plateau seven to eight thousand feet above the sea, appar- 
ently well-suited for the residence of Europeans, and gradually sloping 
to the Kavirondo lowlands. In various parts of this plateau are still 
to be found remnants of the once powerful nation of the Gallas whose 
_ forces have been exhausted in the struggle with the Masai to the south 
and the Somals to the north. A curious feature of the districts of 
Uganda and Unyoro, according to Captain Lugard, is the scarcity of 
running water, and the occurrence of swamps in every depression. 
The average elevation of Uganda is 3,700 feet, while Unyoro, though 
not greatly dissimilar in general aspect is higher, and has loftier hills. 
The Waganda possess great natural aptitude, are clever carpenters 
