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rugged places, and climb over two thousand feet to cross the 
lowest spur of Elonga. 
" The journey from this place to Bailundu is a most beautiful 
one, the mountains rising on every side and giving great beauty 
and variety to the picture. On our first journey inland, as we 
passed through the gap in the mountains of Humbi, the carriers 
joyfully pointed us to a little round mountain far in the distance, 
which they said was the capital of their country. By two hard 
marches, in which we pass down into the beautiful valley in which 
Bailundu lies, and from which the Keve rises, we reach the 
mission village, south-east of the omhala of king Ekwikwi. The 
valley stretches on beyond, almost to Chikuma, to which place 
there is a rise of four or five hundred feet. Beyond that there 
is only a slight rise to Chipongi, the capital of Bihe. 
" The road to Bihe takes us through some of the most thickly- 
populated places I have seen in Africa, with villages on every 
side. When Bailundu is left, we enter a most interesting section 
in regard to the waterways. We have left the feeders of the 
Keve running north-west to the ocean, and within less than ten 
miles of these, to the south, rise the headwaters of the Kunene. 
This, running south-west, empties into the ocean several hundred 
miles south of the mouth of the Keve. A few miles to the east 
we reach the feeders of the Kutato, which, running north, enters 
the Kwanza. Less than ten miles beyond the Mbale we reach 
the Kuchi, which runs south-east into Kovongo. Hardly five 
miles further, brooks are crossed that feed the Kukema, which, 
after making a long detour to the south-east, turns north-east and 
empties into the Kwanza, thus reaching the ocean far to the north- 
west." 
RETURN TO BIHE. 
yanuary 27///, 1885. — I started this morning on my return 
journey to Bihe with twenty-five porters. They are all in good 
spirits, and seem to be quite a respectable lot. Slept one night 
at Catumbella with the agent of a Dutch house ; and after 
crossing about twenty miles of rough country, I reached the foot 
of the Esupwa pass. The road winds through very rugged places, 
between large boulders with high mountains on either side. We 
reached the top of this rugged ascent on February 2nd, and 
camped by the Olombingo Hill, the double top of which is quite 
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