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or sixty markets. The capital and citadel of Binh-dinh may have 
ten to twelve thousand inhabitants. Near it is the port of Thi- 
nai, the ancient Gia, by error called Qui-nhon on the French 
maps. The area of Anam is probably about 47,000 square miles. 
The capital, Hue, was created by the Anamite Emperor Nguyen- 
Anh. It has a huge citadel, but the town, according to M. Aubry, 
does not contain more than 40,000 people. 
Arrica.—Mr. J. Stewart has made important geographical dis- 
coveries in the upland region between Lakes Nyassa and Tan- 
ganyika. On an expedition westward to Mt. Mapurumuka, he 
passed in two days march the affluents of the Songwé, flowing 
to Lake Nyassa, the Loangwa flowing to the Zambesi, and the 
Chambezi flowing to Lake Bangweolo. The source streams of 
Chambezi were found to be 934 feet above the lake, and form a 
considerable river by their union. Further along the road to 
anganyika other streams flowing to the Chambezi were found 
at a level of 500 to 600 feet above the lake, so it is inferred that a 
portion of the lower course of the river is navigable. 
Mr. J. T. Last (Proc. Roy. Geog. Soc., Oct.) gives a graphic 
description of the tribe, or rather the remnant of a tribe, known 
-~ the Wa-itumba. The coast tribes (Warima) assisted by the 
W a-lori, overran the whole of the district formerly inhabited by 
the Wa-itumba, so the Humba and Mamboia mountains are now 
but very thinly settled, though numerous sites of decayed villages, 
with their plantain-trees, remain to tell the tale. The Humba 
hills consists of five ranges lying between 6° 30’ and 7° S. lat. and 
_ 36° 30’ and 37° E. long. Thehills have few trees, but are covered. 
with tall coarse grass, while between each range is a valley with 
one or more rivers fed by numerous streams. The Wa-itumba 
re tolerably tall, and of muscular build, owing probably to their 
z ork as iron-smelters and forgers. They are far superior to the 
urrounding agricultural tribes in acuteness, ingenuity and barter, 
riis appearance have very much in common with the sooty 
of hile. eh in three places between the third and fourth ranges 
28 away the light sand in a successive series of pits, and then by 
ry ter ees 
. aoe is done with charcoal, made by the men for the purpose, 
Se 
— long, are used to convey the blast to the furnace. The fire 
fed alternately with charcoal, and ore, and three sets of bellows 
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