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FISHING ON THE KUFFO. 
that he cannot put his hoofs flatly on the ground ; 
that he is walking upon his toes ? This thread will 
give him strength!" The calf actually did become 
strong. We found that some meat would not keep 
beyond a single day; this was not attributed to the 
heat, but to the man who had performed the opera- 
tion of killing the cow. "He must be a dirty 
fellow, sleeping cuddled up with his hands between 
his knees." "If Baraka had been there to kill the 
animal, the meat would have kept for four days." 
Goats were never healthy ; the soil stuck between 
their hoofs, making them foot-sore, dejected, and 
unable to graze with any apparent satisfaction. 
We were unsuccessful in fishing with the hook. 
The natives had a better system ; they set creels, into 
which they drove the fish in numbers. At the Eipon 
Falls, while Speke was there, the Waganda plied to 
considerable purpose a barbless hook, baited with 
roasted plantain cut in dice. On trying the fishing 
in the Kuffo, first with entrails, and afterwards with 
worms from the mud on the banks of the river, none 
would take properly, and the stream was too muddy 
for the fly. Four loads of dried fish, as black as tar, 
were sent us by the king. Our men did not recognise 
them, but called them " mamba," the name for croco- 
dile, because they had large teeth, and were supposed, 
from the rounded form of two of their fins, to suckle 
their young. Manua, on being asked to have some, 
replied that he had never tasted fish, and did not see 
why he should begin then ; our men also had some 
objection to them ; and when the women of the 
country were shown them, they ran away. In fact, 
some of these very species were purchased at the 
