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unlikely that the waters of the former might flow 
into the latter, and these, perhaps, to the Juba river, 
and so to the sea. 
To return to Baringo. In the south end of that 
^ lake are several islands, inhabited by a people called 
El Toiyo, agriculturists, who live principally on red 
mtama (Turkish maize) and fish. On the west of 
the lake are the mountains of Legeyu and Lekamasia, 
both of which are numerously peopled by agricul- 
turists, and north-west are the Legume, Suku, 
Elgumar, and Elkoromoyo, all very wild and fero- 
cious peoples. 
Now, returning to Taveta, we propose to go 
over the routes to Ukara and Kavirondo, on the 
shores of the Nyanza. To both places the road is 
the same, round the south-west spurs of Kilima 
Njaro, in a northern direction by Kiraragua to 
Ndaptuk, and then about due west to Utimi. On this 
march is crossed, first, what is called the Angaruka, 
which is a plain covered with magadi " (nitrate of 
soda), and then through the district of Ngurumani, so 
called from the fact that it is largely cultivated with 
Turkish maize. The route to Ukara then proceeds 
by Kura, Salek, Sonjo, Nda Sekera, Seru, Ngoroine, 
Chanacha and Wasua, most of which places are 
occupied by agricultural tribes. The people of 
Ukara are also agricultural, but, living on the shores of 
the Nyanza, they are naturally fishermen too. They are 
a simple, peaceably-disposed people, though very rude 
and barbarous. They are very numerous, and live 
together in large communities. Much has been made 
of the circumstance that the Nyanza has been called 
here by the Wasuahili, the " Bahari ya Ukara " (sea 
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