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which they set upon us ; as we drove their cattle towards 
Gambaragara, the earth shook, springs of mud leaped 
up, and the water in the plain was very bitter, and 
killed many Waganda ; it left a white thing around its 
borders like salt. 
“ We first saw Muta Nzige as we followed Nyika to 
the top of his big mountain in Gambaragara. We could 
not quite get to the top, it was too high.” (This is 
Mount Gordon-Bennett.) “ But we could see Usongora, 
and a great lake spreading all round it. When we came 
back with our spoil to Mtesa, he sent us back a short 
time afterwards to Ankori, and from the top of a high 
mountain near Kibanga (Mount Lawson) we saw Muta 
Nzige again spreading west of us. Oh, it is a grand 
lake, not so wide as our Niyanza, but very long. We 
get all our salt from Usongora, as Nyika pays tribute to 
us with so many bags, collected from the plains, but it 
is unfit to eat, unless you wash it and clean it.” 
This young lad accompanied me to Karagwe, and by 
his intelligence and his restless curiosity extracted from 
the Wanyambu courtiers at King Rumanika’s infor- 
mation which he delivered to me in the following 
manner : — 
“ Master, I have been asking questions from many 
Wanyambu, and they say that you can take a canoe 
from here to Ujiji, only a certain distance you will have 
to drag your canoes by land. They say also that 
Ndagara, Rumanika’s father, wishing to trade with the 
Wajiji, tried to cut a canal or a ditch for his canoes to 
pass through. They say also that Kivu is connected 
with Akanyaru, and that the Rusizi leaves Kivu and 
goes to Tanganika through Uzige, but the Ivagera comes 
To close the interesting day, Rumanika requested 
Hamed Ibrahim to exhibit the treasure, trophies, and 
curiosities in the king’s museum or armoury, which 
Hamed was most anxious to do, as he had frequently 
extolled the rare things there. 
The armoury was a circular hut, resembling externally 
