Party of Wak'hutu Women. 



CHAP. IV. 



ON THE GEOGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY OF THE FIRST REGION. 



Before bidding adieu to the Maritime Region, it will 

 be expedient to enter into a few details concerning its 

 geography and ethnology.* 



The first or maritime region extends from the shores 

 of the Indian Ocean in e. long. 39° to the mountain- 

 chain forming the land of Usagara in e. long. 37° 28' ; its 



* Those who consider the subject worthy of further consideration are 

 referred, for an ampler account of it, to the Journal of the R. Geographical 

 Society, vol. xxix. of 1860. 



