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see us, and gave us details of the war between Mukamba 
and Warumashanya, from which it seemed that these 
two chiefs were continually at loggerheads. It is a 
tame way of fighting, after all. One chief makes a raid 
into the other’s country, and succeeds in making off 
with a herd of cattle, killing one or two men who have 
been surprised. Weeks, or perhaps months elapse before 
the other retaliates, and effects a capture in a similar 
way, and then a balance is struck in which neither is 
the gainer. Seldom do they attack each other with 
courage and hearty good-will, the constitution of the 
African being decidedly against any such energetic war- 
fare. 
This Mgwana, further, upon being questioned, gave 
us information far more interesting, viz., about the 
Rusizi. He told us positively, with the air of a man 
who knew all about it, and as if anybody who doubted 
him might well be set down as an egregious ass, that 
the Rusizi River flowed out of the lake, away to Suna’s 
(Mtesa’s) country. “ Where else could it flow to ? ” he 
asked. The Doctor was inclined to believe it, or, per- 
haps he was more inclined to let it rest as stated until 
our own eyes should confirm it. I was more inclined to 
doubt, as I told the Doctor ; first, it was too good to be 
true ; second, the fellow was too enthusiastic upon a 
subject that could not possibly interest him. His 
“ Barikallahs ” and “ Inshallahs ” were far too fervid ; 
his answers too much in accordance with our wishes. 
The Doctor laid great stress on the report of a Mgwana 
he met far south, who stated that the grandfather or 
father of Rumanika, present King of Karagwah, had 
thought of excavating the bed of the Kitangule River, 
in order that his canoes might go to Ujiji to open a 
trade. From this, I imagine, coinciding as it did with 
his often-expressed and present firm belief that the waters 
of the Tanganika had an outlet somewhere, the Doctor 
was partial to the report of the Mgwana ; but as we 
proceed we shall see how all this will end. 
On the ninth morning from Ujiji, about two hours 
after sunrise, we passed the broad delta of the Mugere, 
