328 Wanderings in Eastern Africa. 
ten minutes, and my limbs trembled with the exertion 
to which they had been subjected. Never did I per- 
form a harder three hours task than the ascent and 
descent of Mount Kisigau. 
From the elevation to which I ascended I obtained 
a complete view of the country east, south, and north- 
west. I took the bearings. In the east were the 
Rukanga, Kithima, Kilibassi, and Taru hills, Kithima 
and Taru being due east, and almost in a direct line 
with my position. Rukanga was a little to the south 
of the Kithima, but of course on this side of them; 
, while Kilibassi was a little to the south of Rukanga, 
nearly a day's march beyond the latter. The dim 
outlines of Usambara were seen on the south-east ; 
Pare lay W.S.W.; Muarimba, an uninhabited ridge, in 
a Hne with Bura, W.N.W. ; and Bura, N.W. Survey- 
ing the plains below, I was greatly struck with the 
deep red colour of the soil. The watercourses pro- 
ceeding from the shoulder of the mountain, look as 
if they were stained with blood, indicating the richly 
ferruginous character of the soil. 
I wished to leave early the next morning, and was 
prepared to do so, but we had to wait for Muachdnia 
and his companion. While we were lingering the 
people gathered round us in considerable numbers, 
and among the rest Mauya came. He was wishful 
that we should kill the goat he had given us, for the 
sake of obtaining its skin, and also that he might 
ascertain from an inspection of its entrails the fortune 
we should have on our way. This was very kind, 
but, as we were not curious, we preferred taking the 
goat with us, and killing it on the road. We satisfied 
Mauya by giving him a coloured cloth. 
