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Jraverse the territory of " dependent Unyoro," so called 

 because it has lately become subject to the Sultan of 

 Uganda. In former times Unyoro in crescent-shape, 

 with the cusps fronting eastwards and westwards, almost 

 encompassed Uganda. From dependent Unyoro the 

 path, crossing a tract of low jungle, enters Uganda in 

 the concave of the crescent. The tributary Wahayya, 

 under Gaetawa, their sultan, still extend to the eastward. 

 North of the Wahayya, of whose territory little is 

 known, lies "Kittara," in Kinyoro (or Kiganda?), a word 

 interpreted to mean " mart," or " meeting-place." This 

 is the region which supplies Karagwah with coffee. 

 The shrub is propagated by sowing the bean. It attains 

 the height of five feet, branching out about half-way ; it 

 gives fruit after the third, and is in full vigour after the 

 fifth year. Before almost every hut-door there is a 

 plantation, forming an effective feature in the landscape 

 of rolling and wavy hill, intersected by a network of 

 rivers and streams : the foliage is compared to a green 

 tapestry veiling the ground ; and at times, when the 

 leaves are stripped off by wind and rain, the plant 

 appears decked with brilliant crimson cherry-like 

 berries. The Katonga River, crossed at Kitutu, is sup- 

 posed to fall into the Nyanza, the general recipient of 

 the network of streams about Karagwah. This diago- 

 nally may result from the compound incline produced 

 by the northern counterslope of the mountains of 

 Karagwah and the south-westward depression necessary 

 to form and to supply the lake. The Katonga is a 

 sluggish and almost stagnant body of considerable 

 breadth, and when swollen it arrests the progress of 

 caravans. Some portions of the river are crossed, 

 according to the Arabs, over a thick growth of aquatic 

 vegetation, which forms a kind of mat work, capable of 



