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low island of Bangwe on the eastern side terminates the 
bay of Ujiji, which rounds with a crescent curve from 
the market-place towards it. 
On very clear days the eyes may trace the eastern 
shore to the south beyond the mouth of the Liuche', 
curving: to the Ulambola hills, and then rounding' 
slightly eastward, reappearing in the imposing mountain 
heights of Cape Kabogo. 
Very pleasant are the idle hours of evening at Ujiji, 
watching the clouds of sunset banking themselves above 
dark Goma, and observing the lurid effects of the bril- 
liant red on their gloomy masses and on the ever-ruffled 
waves, tinging with strange shades the gorgeous verdure 
of the eastern shore, and the lofty mountain ridges 
which enfold the deep-lying lake. To the ears are 
borne the sonorous moan and plaint of the heavy w T aves, 
which, advancing from the south-west in serried foam- 
capped lines, roll unceasingly upon the resounding 
shore. 
At this hour, too, the fuel-laden canoes from Ulambola 
are hurrying homeward, with oar and sail. The cattle, 
lowing to expectant calves, and the goats bleating for 
their kids, are hurrying from the pastures in advance of 
the tiny herd-boys, the asses’ feet clatter as they go, 
bearing their masters home from Kigoma or Kasimbu, 
the loud hailing of native friends announces the evening 
meal ready, and the spiral columns of blue smoke ascend 
from many wood-fires, as we sit here to observe the 
advance of the evening shades, and to take a last look 
at the daylight, as it wanes and fades over the shores 
of the Tanganika. 
The saucy English-built boat which had made the 
acquaintance of all the bays and iidets of the Victoria 
Nyanza, which had been borne on the shoulders of 
sturdy men across the plains and through the ravines 
of Unyoro, had halted on the verge of the cliff rising 
above Beatrice Gulf, had thrust her bows among the 
papyrus of the Alexandra Nile, ridden gaily over the 
dark lakes of Karagwe, and crossed the inundated 
plains of Usagusi, and the crocodile-haunted river of 
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