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promontory from its neighbours, Ugoga, Ma- 

 yungi-yungi, and Kivafi or Kivavi : hence doubt- 

 less the Cuavo of Pigafetta, the ' Eiume Coavo 

 che sbocca a Quiloa created by Giovanni Botero, 

 and the Suabo supposed to have a common origin 

 with the Zambezean Shire. It is the Geographer 

 of N'yassi's imaginary Quavi, or river of Kilwa, 

 a branch of the Lufiji, and ' reported to descend 

 from the Z^be, that is Ziwa in Sawahili, or the 

 Lake.' But unhappily there is no Kilwa river, 

 any more than a ' Mombas river.' The fabled 

 stream is a mere ' Khor,' like that near the Ma- 

 yungi-yungi village,^ and a surface drain running 

 for a few miles. The next and the most important 

 is Kilwa Kivinjya, or Mgongeni, in the map Kib- 

 endji, and Kevingi in the ' Geographer,' who 

 erroneously calls it Old Kilwa, whereas it was 

 built (in S. lat. 8° 42' 59") by the Islanders when 

 flying from the fleet of the late Sayyid Said. 

 Adjoining this to the south is Tekwiri (not 

 Tekiri), the Tekewery of Owen and the Tikewery 

 of Horsburg : here are the ruins of an older 

 Kilwa. Lastly, and about 12 direct geographical 

 miles farther south (S. lat. 8° 57' 12"), is Kilwa 



^ After leaving Kilwa we heard of a ' Nullah ' entering the 

 bay, a long fissure 4 to 5 feet broad and many fathoms deep, 

 which communicates with a grotto haunted by huge snakes and 

 genii (Jinus). 



