THE PRESENT TERMINUS OF TRADE, 



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already been mentioned. The Wasenze inhabit the 

 hills within or westwards of the Wabembe. Further 

 southwards and opposite Kawele in Ujiji are the Wa- 

 goma Highlanders. The lower maritime lands belonging 

 to the Wagoma supply the gigantic mvule trees re- 

 quired for the largest canoes. These patriarchs of the 

 forest are felled and shaped with little axes on the spot ; 

 when finished they are pushed and dragged down the 

 slopes by the workmen, and are launched and paddled 

 over to the shores of Ujiji. 



South of the Wagoma are the Waguhha, who have 

 been mentioned as the proprietors of the islets south- 

 west of Ujiji. In their lands, according to the Arabs, 

 is a lake or large water called Mikiziwd, whence the 

 tribe upon its banks derives its name Wamikiziwa. 

 Through the country of the Waguhha lies the route to 

 Uruwwa, at present the western terminus of the Zan- 

 zibar trade. The merchant crossing the sea-arm which 

 separates Kasenge from the mainland of the Tanga- 

 nyika, strikes towards Uruwwa ; the line runs over low 

 levels shelving towards the lake, cut by a reticulation 

 of streams unfordabie after rain, and varied by hilly 

 and rolling ground. Provisions are everywhere pro- 

 curable, but the people, like the Wavinza, are considered 

 dangerous. At Uruwwa the khete, or string of beads, 

 is half the size of that current in other countries. The 

 price of ivory per frasilah is 15 miranga, or 150 large 

 khete of white, small-blue, and coarse-red porcelain beads, 

 the latter called Lungenga ; besides which a string of 

 sungomaji (pigeon- egg beads), and a few samesame, or 

 coral-beads, are thrown in. The route numbers nine 

 long or sixteen short stages ; the general direction is 

 south-westerly. Kiyombo, the sultan of Uruwwa, is at 

 present friendly with the Arabs ; he trades in ivory, 



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