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like those at Zanzibar to confuse their designs for 
certain periods. 
A third brother, to whom we had to make presents 
on our arrival in Karague, was named Eoazerah. On 
sending a gift of a red cloth and some beads, &c, he 
asked what he could give in return. " Would a tusk 
be received ? " " No." " Would they like a slave ? " 
" No," said Bombay ; " give them a couple of cows, 
that their men may have a feast." Though older than 
either of the other brothers, he could not succeed to 
the throne of his father, because he had been born 
before his father became a crowned king. In like 
manner, none of the princes at present in Karague 
can succeed to their father, as all were born while he 
was a prince. 
The chief possessions of this family are bounded on 
the north by the river Kitangule. The valley of 
Urigi divides the kingdom on the south from Usui, 
and its total extent is from 3000 to 4000 square miles 
of hills, dale, and lake, standing at a general elevation 
of 4500 feet above the level of the sea. Entering it 
from the south, the hills, rising 200 to 300 feet above 
the valleys, are covered with waving grasses ; a few 
trees run in lines with certain strata, almost with the 
regularity of plantations ; and very often dense brush- 
wood, the refuge of the rhinoceros, crowns two-thirds 
of their tops, or runs down the ravines or water-cuts 
to the valleys below. They have a very desolate 
appearance, all the habitations being in the lower 
grounds : a traveller is seldom met with. On the 
more precipitous hills, rock-fragments and jutting-out 
masses of sandstone-shingle lie at a steep angle on 
their slopes ; and the path, of splinters from these, 
