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crest to a lower terrace. About 5 p.m. one of our party 
sighted a dark brown clouble-horned rhinoceros, and as 
we had no meat, and the nature of the ground permitted 
easy approach, I crept up to within fifty yards of it un- 
perceived and sent in a zinc bullet close to the ear, 
which bowled it over dead. 
The quantity of meat obtained from the animal was 
more than would supply the eighteen men, Wangwana, 
of my party ; therefore, acceding to their wish, we 
camped on the spot, exposed to the chilly mountain 
winds, which visited us during the night. The men, 
however, continued to pick up abundance of fuel from a 
wooded gorge close by, and, engaged in the interesting 
and absorbing task of roasting meat before many blazing 
fires, did not suffer greatly. 
At 9 a.m. the next day we descended to the wooded 
gorge of Mtagata, having travelled thirty-five miles 
almost due north from Kafurro. 
This gorge is formed by an angle where the extreme 
northern end of Iviwandare mountain meets a transverse 
ridge. It is filled with tall trees which have been 
nourished to a gigantic size and density of foliage by 
the warm vapours from the springs and the heated 
earth. A thick under-growth of plants, llianes, and 
creepers of all sizes has sprung up under the shade of 
the aspiring trees, and the gloom thus caused within 
the gorge is very striking. I imagine a person would 
find it a most eerie place at night alone. Great baboons 
and long-tailed monkeys roared and chattered in the 
branches, causing the branches to sway and rustle as 
they chased one another from tree to tree. 
At the time of our visit the springs were frequented 
by invalids from Iwanda, Ngoi, Kiziwa, Usongora, and 
Usui, for, as may be believed, they have obtained a 
great repute throughout the districts of Karagwe and 
neighbouring countries. 
The springs are six in number, and at their extreme 
source they had, when I tested them, a temperature of 
129^ Fahr. The bathing pools, which are about 12 feet 
in diameter, and from 2 to 5 feet deep, showed a ternpe- 
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