Maji ya W'heta, or the Jetting Fountain in K'hutu. 



CHAP. VII. 



THE GEOGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY OF THE SECOND REGION. 



The second or mountain region extends from the west- 

 ern frontier of K'hutu, at the head of the alluvial valley, 

 in E. long. 37° 28', to the province of Ugogi, the eastern 

 portion of the flat table-land of Ugogo, in E. long. 36° 

 14'. Its diagonal breadth is 85 geographical and recti- 

 linear miles; and native caravans, if lightly laden, gener- 

 ally traverse it in three weeks, including three or four 

 halts. Its length cannot be estimated. According to the 

 guides, Usagara is a prolongation of the mountains of 

 Nguru, or Ngn, extending southwards, with a gap form- 

 ing the fluviatile valley of the Rwaha or Rufiji River, to 

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