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at other times over cultivated fields, and crossing 
several little streams, we at length came to a brook 
or rivulet of a somewhat larger size, which is said 
to issue from mount Guri, towards the south-east, 
and receiving another brook coming from mount 
Dawa, runs westward.* 
Having here considered whether we should go on 
or take up our quarters in Mtibi, which was close 
by, we decided upon the latter, and entered the place. 
But we had to wait a long while in front of the 
* I think it probable that this stream joins the Gongola, or 
rather, as it seems, " the river of the Gongola," Gongola being most 
probably the name of a tribe, that small northern branch of the 
Benuwe which has quite recently been discovered by Mr. Vogel, 
and has been crossed by him at four different points ; but I am 
not certain whether he has also ascertained the point of junction by 
actual observation. 
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