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more so that we had brought dry weather with us! 
But finding that we had nothing to give them, they 
allowed us to continue our march. 
We now descended to the Matate stream, and 
continued our course over arid undulations, now 
through open tracts, and now through close jungle of 
euphorbia, etc., by paths rough with felspathic rocks, 
till evening ; when, in full view of Mount Ndara, we 
turned aside and encamped in a thicket. Our first 
view of the mountain was a fine sight. It is a long, 
straight, lofty range, with grassy steeps, woods and 
ravines, precipitous cliffs and extremely verdant 
heights ; and when we came upon it, the whole mass 
was on fire in the ruddy glow of the setting sun, 
the effect being heightened by the various colours 
of the vegetation, soil, and rocks. But gradually the 
shadows crept up from the base to the top, and it 
then assumed a more sombre aspect, till all was lost 
in the gloom of night. 
By nine o'clock next morning we reached the 
cultivated district at the foot of the mountain, when 
we were again startled by the sound of the native 
horn. The Ndara bands were returning from the 
wars, and the people rushed down from the mountain 
to meet them as at Bura. 
We made our way around the south end of the 
mountain, over a very rough path, cut up into deep 
ditches by the rush of water down the mountain, 
and encumbered by outcropping masses and boulders 
of granite, felspar, and quartz, to the Bendari (mart) 
on the east side. It is called Mkinduni (among the 
sycamores) from the fact that these trees grow there, 
and is situated within a crescent of wider, though not 
