374 THE LAKE EEGIONS OP CENTRAL AFRICA. 



in the interior-scenes of ancient Egypt : it is hewn out 

 of the trunk of the close-grained Mkora tree. The 

 huge pestle, like a capstan-bar, is made of the 

 Mkorongo, a large tree with a fine-grained wood, which 

 is also preferred to others for rafters, as it best resists 

 the attacks of insects. 



Such, gentle reader, is the Tembe of Central Africa. 

 Concerning village life, I shall have something to say 

 in a future page. The scene is more patent to the 

 stranger's eye in these lands than in the semi-civilised 

 regions of Asia, where men rarely admit him into their 

 society. 



