XVI EXPLANATION OF NAMES AND TERMS. 
Kivro ; a place on the Luta Nzige Lake, famous for its salt. 
Kisuahili ; the dialect of the Wasuahili on the east coast of Africa. 
Kinganee ; a large river, at 6|° south latitude, on the east coast of 
Africa. 
Kittara ; a province to the west of Uganda. 
Kanga ; a guinea-fowl, found along our whole route. 
Kibuga ; the residence of the King of Uganda. 
Kiengo ; the name of a medicine-man or rain-maker who accompanied 
me to Uganda. 
Kamarasi ; the King of Un} T oro. 
Kidi ; a nude race living on the Nile at 2^° north latitude. 
Kagsera ; was applied to the river Kitangule, and may also mean any 
river. 
Kong'o ; the natives of Madi call their coarse beer by this name. 
Karasha ; a small tusk of an elephant, or any tusk under 20 lb. weight. 
Lweetanzigeh ; the lake called Luta Nzige in Speke's Journal. 
Lueroo ; the name given by some Waganda to the portion of the Vic- 
toria Nyanza where the Kitangule joins it. 
Looaleh ; the Uganda term for a supreme object or place of reverence. 
Manioc, or Manihot utilissima ; a bush which attains a height of seven 
feet ; its root, known at Zanzibar as " Mohogo," is the staff of life 
there, being used as we do our potato. 
M'wenge ; an intoxicating drink made from the fruit of the plantain in 
Karague and Uganda. 
Merry ; the Uganda name for boiled plantain. 
Murwa ; the Eleusine coracana, or ooleyzee of the Seedees, a minute 
grain converted into flour and eaten like stirabout, or made into a 
fermented drink. 
M'ganga, or Ouganga ; a general term for a charm, or for a man who 
divines events. 
Mariboo ; the name of one of the officers of the King of Uganda. 
Misr ; Egypt. 
M'koongoo ; signifies an Uganda officer commanding fifty or more men. 
M'ssega ; the vulture, which usually eats the flesh of condemned cri- 
minals in Uganda. 
M'foongoo ; the name for a species of vulture. 
Mukooa ; a tribe of negroes, famous as sportsmen, living in 12° south 
latitude. 
Mombas ; a seaport at 4° south latitude on the east coast of Africa. 
Mamba ; the name given to a crocodile by Seedees. 
Mina ; a black bird with yellow beak found in India, and which can be 
taught to speak. 
Macquareh ; a flat, broad, sweet-tasting fish. 
M'kama ; the Karague and Uganda title for " king." 
