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" LITTLE WINDERMERE/' 
goes up and down, or makes long circuits to get round 
the spurs, seldom displaying any pleasing scene except 
the freshness of the young grasses after having been 
burnt. These reminded me of the "Emerald Isle," 
and when the view on reaching the residence of Bu- 
manika, the reigning king, burst upon us, all hard- 
ships and trials were forgotten and forgiven. As you 
stand on the greensward, you see, 1000 feet below 
you, and two miles distant, the sweetly-lying lake of 
Karague, " Little Windermere," reposing in oval form 
amidst gently-swelling grassy hills, so surrounded as 
to puzzle one to think where the waters come from, 
and where they make their escape. On its western 
shore, trees hang over its clear sweet waters ; wooded 
islands dot its glassy surface, and a deep fringe of the 
papyrus borders its southern side. But the most in- 
teresting sight to us was looking away to the far west 
over four distinct parallel ranges of hill, with water 
(Lakes Kagsera, Ooyewgomah, &c.) showing here and 
there between them ; and occasionally about sunset, 
after the foggy mists had cleared away, appeared a 
sugar-loaf mountain, known to the natives as " M'foom- 
bsero," or Cook. It is the largest hill in the country, 
and caused, on first view, quite a sensation, attract- 
ing our intense admiration by its towering height. 
Two brother cones, but lower, lie to its left, and all 
are so steep, that the natives said few attempt their 
ascent, having to do it on hands and knees. Their 
distance from where we stood was calculated at fifty 
miles. Unfortunately they could not be reached, as 
they were off our direct route, and in a different 
kingdom, and many obstacles intervened ; so that our 
