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AFRICA AND ITS EXPLORATION. 
CHAPTER XIII. 
Ujiji and Tanganika, 
The well-known town of Ujiji, sacred with memories of 
Livingstone, was reached in May, 1876. Here Mr. 
Stanley stayed some time, and from this he circum- 
navigated Lake Tanganika, as will be seen from the 
following narrative. 
The best view of Ujiji is to be obtained from the flat 
roof of one of the Arab ternbes or houses. A photograph 
which I took of the view north from my tembe, which 
fronted the market-place, embraced the square and 
conical huts of the Wangwana, AVanyamwezi, and Arab 
slaves, the Guinea palms from the golden-coloured nuts 
of which the Wajiji obtain the palm-oil, the banana and 
plantain groves, with here and there a graceful papaw- 
tree rising amongst them, and, beyond, the dark green 
woods which line the shore and are preserved for shade 
by the fishermen. 
South of the market-place are the ternbes of the 
Arabs, solid, spacious, flat-roofed structures, built of 
clay, with broad, cool verandahs fronting the public 
roads. Palms and papaws, pomegranates and plantains, 
raise graceful branch and frond above them, in pleasing 
contrast to the grey-brown walls, enclosures and houses. 
The port of Ujiji is divided into two districts— Ugoy, 
occupied by the Arabs, and Kawele, inhabited by the 
Wangwana, slaves, and natives. The market-place is 
in Ugoy, in an open space which has been lately con- 
tracted to about 1200 square yards. In 1871 it was 
nearly 3000 square yards. On the beach before the 
market-place are drawn up the huge Arab canoes, which, 
purchased in Goma on the western shore, have had 
