88 Wanderings in Eastern Africa. 
snapdragons, lobelias, etc., display their beauties 
on every side. A pretty little blue flower, like 
forget - me - not, carpets the soil very extensively. 
Convolvuli overrun the jungles in the wildest luxu- 
riance, and bedeck them with all the hues of the 
rainbow ; while honeysuckle sends its long arms into 
the tallest trees, and hangs out its bright scarlet and 
yellow flowers, as if for the very purpose of displaying 
them to the passer-by. The mkuamba is a very 
common and useful bush, grows exceedingly fast, and 
ordinarily has nothing attractive about it ; but when 
it bursts into bloom, though still nothing to look at, it 
loads the air with delicious fragrance. The mfuofiu 
is a bush of the same character, but grows more slowly. 
When in flower, it is a charming sight. The blossom 
is snowy white, in form not unlike the primrose, but 
it comes out in such quantity as almost to hide the 
foliage, a compact mass of bloom, emitting a fragrance 
equal to that of the mkuamba. 
The fauna of Unika is less extensive than its flora. 
The domesticated animals are the cow, sheep, and 
goat. Fowls of a small and inferior kind are plenti- 
ful, and sell at the rate of about four for a shilling. 
Good milch cows are worth from ten to twenty dollars; 
bullocks from six to ten ; while sheep and goats sell 
at from one to three dollars each. Dogs and cats are 
kept by the people. The former are of the pariah 
breed, and the latter wild timid creatures, apt to 
leave the domiciles of the people for life in the 
woods. ^ 
The wild animals embrace the kulungu (large ante- 
lope), niati (buffalo), sa (small antelope), pa (gazelle), 
kitsungula (hares), etc. ; but these are scarce in 
