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Mr. Daly was himself instrumental in making the Muruts and the 
Peluans of the interior swear to be at peace with each other, and 
to follow the law of the British North Borneo Company, beneath 
whose flag they swore friendship. 
THE Zones oF TIBET. — General S. T. Walker, after the read- 
ing of Mr. Carey’s account of his travels in Central Asia, before 
the Royal Geographical Society, stated that Tibet might be broadly 
divided into three zones, which increase in altitude from south to 
north ; a southern zone, 10,000 to 12,000 feet above the sea, con- 
taining L’hasa and all the towns and villages of the settled popula- 
tion; a middle zone, 12,000 to 14,500 feet high, comprising the 
pasture lands of the nomad Bodpas, or pure Tibetans; and a 
northern zone, 14,000 to 17,500 feet above the sea, partly occupied 
at certain seasons by Turkic and Mongolian nomads, but mostly 
abandoned to wild animals. It was this Chang-Tang or northern 
plain that Mr. Carey had crossed in various parts during his 
Journey to and from Turkestan. 
Arrica.— LAKE SHIRWA. — According to the Rev. A. Heth- 
erwick, there is now no communication between Lake Shirwa, or 
Chirwa and the Lujenda River. It is very evident that at one time 
e Shirwa covered the broad flat plain to the west of it, 
was united to Lake Chinta, the present head of the Lujenda. 
Gradually the waters fell, and the sandy ridge of Chezomoni 
appeared. The present lake is very shallow, and grows smaller 
yearly, Its area is about 350 square miles. 
SETE Kama. — Sete Kama, on ihe west coast of Africa, is the 
name given to the district extending from 2° 28’ to 2° 45’ south 
latitude. European factories are scattered along the beach for about 
three miles. All the factories have sub-stations on the Ndago lagoon, 
the old mouth of which has been silted up for three years. It appears 
that the land is gaining on the sea, for at Ngoné, a mile from the 
shore, Mr. Walker found an old ship’s anchor. Ndago lagoon is of 
great extent. The Balombo, who inhabit Sete Kama, have a week 
of four days, as do also some other tribes on the west coast. 
Grocrapnican News. — King Menelik of Shoa has recently 
annexed Harar, not many years since a part of the Egyptian pos- 
Sessions. The French ‘traveller Rimbaud has returned to the 
Pa from Shoa via Harar, thus avoiding the dangerous route 
hrough the Danakff country. The distance between Antotto and 
es, . 
rar is 310 mil 
Manitoba has been reduced in area from 123,200 squ iles 
23, quare mule 
rn the remainder having been added to Ontario and to the 
in feo! Keewatin. The population of the reduced area has risen 
ve years from 62,260 to 108,640. 
