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are the normal wattle-and-dab huts. It is almost * 
opposite to Zanzibar, and is the starting-place of 
caravans for the interior. It is the door to Ugogo, 
Unyanyambe, Ujiji, etc. Here porters are collected. 
These are mostly Unyamuezi, who come down to 
the coast with caravans, and wait at Bagamoyo till 
an opportunity presents itself for returning to their 
homes in the same way. Between Bagamoyo and 
the Pangani river are a few villages, the country 
immediately behind being occupied by the Wazaramo, 
Wadoi, and Wazegua. 
The river Pangani is a considerable stream, 
deriving its waters from Kilima Njaro, but is not 
navigable for any great distance, even by the smallest 
craft. The town of the same name is small, but con- 
tains a somewhat enterprising people. The Pangani 
caravans make their way into the interior as far as 
the shores of the lake Victoria Nyanza, and scour 
the whole country between it and the two snow 
mountains Kilima Njaro and Kenia. Between Pan- 
gani and Mombasa are a few towns and villages, the 
chief of which are Tangata, Tanga, Vanga, Wasin, 
and Gasi. Tanga is the largest of these places, and, 
like Pangani, does a good deal of trade with the 
interior. Gasi has latterly been rendered rather 
notorious by having been taken possession of by a 
rebel sheikh, of the Masrui stock, Mbaraku, at feud 
with his brother Rashid, of Takaungu, and having 
thereby brought himself into collision with the Govern- 
ment. This man has succeeded in making himself the 
terror of the whole country. A few years ago an at- 
tempt was made by the Government to quell this rebel, 
and a large force was sent to attack Gasi. Mbaraku, 
