EXPLANATION OF NAMES AND TERMS. 
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M'nanagee ; the brother of Rumanika. 
M'fombsero ; the name of a mountain, estimated at 10,000 feet high, 
fifty miles west of Karague, at If ° south latitude. 
Maharageh ; a bean or calavance, cultivated in Usui, &c. 
M'kooyoo ; a species of wild fig. 
Murees ; the name given to home-brewed beer by the Egyptian ivory- 
hunters. 
Madar of the Punjab ; a milky bush, called Colotropis procera. 
N'deezee ; the name given by Seedees to ripe plantain. 
Nurrowareh ; the name given to the Victoria Nyanza by some Wa- 
ganda. 
Nanga ; a wooden musical instrument, having several strings. 
Nyanzig, or Gnans-gnans ; signifies " Thanks, thanks," and is used as 
an expression by the Waganda. 
Nzowe ; a long-haired antelope, living amongst the papyrus rush on 
the borders of the Karague and other lakes. 
N'kole ; a small province to the north of Karague. 
Nyanza, Gna(n)za, Nyassa ; are one and the same term, signifying lake. 
Pokino ; the governor of a large district in Uganda. 
Posho ; the term for food, rations, or pay. 
Panganee ; a river at 5^° south latitude, on the east coast of Africa. 
Pombe ; a fermented liquor made from grains, roots, or fruits. 
Quikooroo ; the palace, or title of the residence of the Sultan of Usui 
and Karague. 
Qualse ; a species of partridge, so called from its peculiar cry. 
Reonga ; the name of the King of Unyoro's rebel brother. 
Ripon Falls ; the cataract at the escape of the Nile from Victoria Nyanza. 
Ruanda ; the country from whence rises the largest feeder of the Victoria 
Nyanza, Its border can be reached by water in three days from 
Karague. 
Rogserah ; the rebel brother of the King of Karague. 
Rumanika ; the King or Sultan of Karague. 
Sorghum, Andropogon sorghum; a common African and Indian grain 
made into stirabout, or used for making fermented drinks ; Kaffir 
corn of the Cape, M'tama of East Africa, Doora of Egypt, and Jowari 
of India. 
Sesseh, the islands of ; on the west of the Victoria Nyanza. 
Seedee ; the general term for a negro. At Zanzibar, those of every race 
who have been freed from slavery are called Wungwana. 
Saharee ; a cloth of cotton check worn round the loins or thrown over 
the shoulders. 
Toorkee, namely, Turks ; the name given to the Egyptian ivory-hunters 
by the people of Madi and Bari. 
Ukuni ; a district of Unyamuezi, at 4° south latitude. 
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