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AFRICA AND ITS EXPLORATION. 
Zinga, as the Wajiji call it, which separates Fipa from 
Urunsni. 
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On the 30th we were coasting along the base of the 
mountain ranges of Urungu, and passing by Kalavera 
Point came to a bay before which were two small grass- 
covered islets. On a point of the mainland, nearly 
opposite these, stands Kakungu village. This point is 
formed of a grey shaly rock supporting a white clay, out 
of which the Wajiji on their return homeward paint the 
bows of their canoes. The scenery just beyond is bold 
and imposing. 
Kirungwe Point consists of perpendicular walls — from 
fifty to 200 feet high above the lake-r-of a fine reddish 
sandstone with horizontal strata. Their peculiar appear- 
ance may be imagined when the boat’s crew cried 
out : — 
“ Oh, mother, this is a fort ! See, there are the 
windows, and here is one of the gates.” 
Kirungwe Point appears to be a lofty swelling ridge, 
cut straight through to an unknown depth. There 
seems ground for believing that this ridge was once a 
prolongation of the plateau of Marungu, as the rocks 
are of the same material, and both sides of the lake show 
similar results of a sudden subsidence without disturb- 
ance of the strata. 
South of Kirungwe, or Castle Point, there lies what 
we may almost call an island, which the guides said a 
few years ago was connected with the mainland. It is 
almost entirely separated now. A village which once 
nestled comfortably in the hollow between the rising 
ridges is now half buried in water. The huts appeared 
ready to collapse, for the water had already flooded 
them. This village was called Ma-Zombe. 
In the evening, as we prepared to encamp, four canoes 
of Ujiji, loaded with women and children, to the number 
of sixty-four — slaves from the Pufuvu river and from 
Muriro’s — passed by our camp. 
The bay of Kawa, which we passed through next day, 
is very picturesque ; woods clothe the slopes and heights, 
and huts for the accommodation of the Muzimus, or 
