THE " MOCARANGAS." 



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within the Mozambique, from S. lat. 5° to S. lat. 25°, 

 under subjection to the sovereign and the people of 

 " Monomotapa." In the absence of history, analogy 

 is the only guide. Either, then, the confusion of the 

 Tanganyika and the Nyassa Lakes by the old geo- 

 graphers, caused them to extend the u Mocarangas " 

 up to the northern water — and the grammatical 

 error in the word " Mucaranga " justifies some sus- 

 picion as to their accuracy — or in the space of three 

 centuries the tribe has declined from its former power 

 and consequence, or the Wakaranga of the Tanganyika 

 are a remnant of the mighty southern nation, which, 

 like the Watuta tribe, has of late years been pressed by 

 adverse circumstances to the north. Though Senhor 

 Botelho, in his 'Memoria Estatisca,' denominates the 

 " Monomoezi country" "Western Mucaranga, " it is 

 certain that no Mnyamwezi in the present day owns to 

 connection with a race speaking a different dialect, and 

 distant about 200 miles from his frontier. 



The land of Ujiji is bounded on the north by the 

 heights of Urundi, and on the south by the Ukaranga 

 country : eastward it extends to Ubuha, and westward 

 it is washed by the waves of the Tanganyika Lake. On 

 its north-east lies the land of Uhha, now reduced by 

 the predatory Watuta to a luxuriant desert. 



The head-quarter village of Ujiji was in 1858 Kawele. 

 To the westward of this settlement was the district of 

 Gungu, facing the islet rock Bangwe. This place was 

 deserted by travellers on account of the plundering 

 propensities of its former chief. His son " Lurinda," 

 however, labours to recover lost ground by courtesy and 

 attention to strangers. South-eastwards of Kawele is 

 the district of Ugoyye, frequented by the Arabs, 

 who find the Sultans Habeyya and Marabu somewhat 



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