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adorned his legs, bangles of the same metal encircled his 
wrists, a robe of crimson flannel was suspended from his 
shoulders. His walking staff was seven feet in length, 
and his stride was a yard long. Drummers and fifers 
discoursing a wild music, and fifty spearmen, besides his 
sons and relatives, Wanya-Ruanda, Waganda, Wasui, 
Wanyamwezi, Arabs, and Wangwana, followed us in a 
mixed multitude. 
Four canoes manned by Wanyambu were at hand to 
race with our boat, while we took our seats on the 
grassy slopes of Kazinga to view the scene. I enjoined 
Frank and the gallant boat’s crew to exert themselves 
for the honour of us Children of the Ocean, and not to 
permit the Children of the Lakes to excel us. 
A boat and canoe race on the Windermere of Karagwe, 
with 1200 gentle-mannered natives gazing on ! An 
African international affair ! Rumanika was in his ele- 
ment ; every fibre of him tingled with joy at the pro- 
spective fun. His sons, seated around him, looked up 
into their father’s face, their own reflecting his delight. 
The curious natives shared in the general gratification. 
The boat-race was soon over ; it was only for about 
800 yards, to Kankorogo Point. There was not much 
difference in the speed, but it gave immense satisfaction. 
The native canoemen, standing up with their long 
paddles, strained themselves with all their energy, 
stimulated by the shouts of their countrymen, while the 
Wangwana on the shore urged the boat’s crew to their 
utmost power. 
The next day we began the circumnavigation of the 
Windermere. The extreme length of the lake during 
the rainy season is about eight miles, and its extreme 
breadth two and a half. It lies north and south, sur- 
rounded by grass-covered mountains which rise from 
1200 to 1500 feet above it. There is one island called 
Kankorogo, situated midway between Mount Isossi and 
the extreme southern end. I sounded three times, and 
obtained depths of forty-eight, forty-four, and forty-five 
feet respectively at different points. The soil of the 
shores is highly ferruginous in colour, and, except in 
