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the name indicates, which flows through the forest 
of Mau, between Lumbua and Sotik, and through 
Ndara Serian towards the Nyanza. If this be true, 
here is one of the feeders of the great lake which 
supplies the Nile, and bearing out the suggestion 
made by Dr. Krapf many years ago, that that lake 
might receive part of its waters from the marshes of 
Mau." Two days beyond Ngare Davash is Ndare 
Modoni ; two more, Kosova ; and two beyond that is 
Kavirondo, where we come upon the Nyanza again. 
The people of Kavirondo are numerous, and are 
divided into many clans, occupying the country stretch- 
ing northwards along the shores of the Nyanza, some 
of which are mentioned on the map. They are a 
very different people from any we have yet described. 
They are spoken of as a fine race physically, but 
very barbarous, both sexes equally ignoring dress. 
At the same time they make and wear hats, which 
the Wasuahili say resemble those worn by the 
Wazungu. They are great in farming, cattle-feeding, 
and fishing. They make good boats of boards, put 
together with wooden pegs, and caulked with bark 
and grass. Great smokers, they make excellent 
pipes, a specimen of which I obtained. It is a large 
bowl, cut out of soft white stone, and in shape, and 
style, and finish it would not disgrace a European 
manufacturer. The people of Mnioro are clever 
musicians, and make a great variety of wind and 
stringed instruments, flutes, banjos, etc. Of the 
Kakumegas, especially, it is said that they are very 
fond of birds as food, and they have an ingenious 
method of obtaining them in large quantities. Poles of 
miwale and other soft wood, in which a large number 
