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THE LAKE REGIONS OF CENTRAL AFRICA. 



road enters the province of Utumbara, which is flanked 

 on the east by Usambiro, and on the west by Uyungu, 

 governed by the Muhinda Sultan, Kanze. Utumbara, 

 as has been mentioned, was lately plundered, and 

 Ruhembe, its chief, was slain, by the predatory Watuta. 

 In Utumbara and Usambiro the people are chiefly the 

 Wafyoma, a tribe of Wanyamwezi : they are a commer- 

 cial race, like the Wajiji — trafficking in hoes and ivory ; 

 and their present Sultan, Mutawazi, has often been 

 visited by the Arabs. Uyofu, governed by Mnyamu- 

 runda, is the northern boundary of Unyamwezi, after 

 which the route enters the ill famed territory of 

 Usui. 



Usui is traversed in seven marches, making a sum of 

 twenty-six from Kazeh. According to the former com- 

 putation, a total march of about 156 geo. miles would 

 place the southern frontier of Karagwah in S. lat. 2° 40'. 

 The road in several parts discloses a view of the Nyanza 

 Lake. Usui is described as a kind of neutral ground 

 between the rolling plateau of Unyamwezi and the 

 highlands of Karagwah : it is broken by ridges in two 

 places — Nyakasene the fourth, and Ruhembe the 

 seventh stage, where mention is also made of a small 

 stream. From this part of the country a wild nutmeg 

 is brought to Kazeh by caravans : the Arabs declare 

 that it grows upon the well- wooded hills, and the only 

 specimen shown was heavy and well flavoured, present- 

 ing a marked contrast to the poor produce of Zanzibar 

 island. 



The Wasiii, according to the Arabs, are not Wan- 

 yamwezi. They are considered dangerous, and they 

 have frequently cut oif the route to caravans from 

 Karagwah. Their principal sultan, a Muhinda named 

 Suwarora, demands exorbitant blackmail, and is de- 



