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THE LAKE REGIONS OF CENTRAL AFRICA. 



Wasui, Armanika of Karagwah, Kanoni of Uhha, Kanze 

 of Uyungu, Mzogera of Uvinza, Kusimba of Ujiji, 

 Mwezi of Urundi, Mnyamurunde of Uyofo, Gaetawa of 

 Uhayya, and Mutawazi of Utumbara. The Wahinda 

 affect a milk diet which is exceedingly fattening, and 

 anoint themselves plentifully with butter and ghee, to 

 soften and polish the skin. They never sell their fellow 

 clansmen, are hospitable and civil to strangers, seldom 

 carry arms, fear nothing from the people, and may not 

 be slain even in battle. Where the Wahinda reign, 

 their ministers are the Watosi, a race which has been 

 described when treating of their head-quarters Kara- 

 gwah. 



The Wataturu extend from the Mangewa district, two 

 marches northward of Tura in a north-north-westerly 

 diagonal, to Usmao, a district of Usukuma, at the south- 

 east angle of the Nyanza Lake. On the north and east 

 they are limited by the Wahumba, on the south by the 

 people of Iramba, and there is said to be a connection 

 between these three tribes. This wild pastoral people 

 were formerly rich in flocks and herds; they still have 

 the best asses in the country. About five years ago, 

 however, they were persuaded by Msimbira, a chief of 

 Usukuma, to aid him against his rival Mpagamo, who 

 had called in the Arabs to his assistance. During the 

 long and bitter contest which ensued, the Arabs, as has 

 been related, were worsted in the field, and the Wataturu 

 suffered severe losses in cattle. Shortly before the 

 arrival of the Expedition at Kazeh the foreign merchants 

 had despatched to Utaturu a plundering party of sixty 

 slave-musketeers, who, however, suddenly attacked by 

 the people, were obliged to fly, leaving behind eighteen 

 of their number. This event was followed by a truce, 

 and the Wataturu resumed their commerce with Tura 



