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comparatively low altitude of tlie Ugulia range, I began 
to feel that it was, of all the countries we had seen, the 
most likely to have a gap for the escape of the waters. 
It reminded me of some parts of Usukuma, on Lake 
Victoria. We explored the mouths of the Ruanda, 
Kasenga, Ruwye-ya, Rutuku, and Kahanda rivers, and 
then from Mirembwe Cape sailed for the Lukuga — the 
river that formed now the most interesting object of 
our exploration. 
MOUNT MURUMBI 
On the evening of 15th of July we made the acquain- 
tance of Kawe-Niangeh, the chief of the district on the 
south bank of the Lukuga Creek near the mouth. He 
remembered Cameron distinctly, described his person 
and dress, and informed me that he had accompanied 
him to the reeds which he said blocked the head of the 
creek. At the time of his visit, he said — pointing at 
the same time to a long line of breakers which marked 
three-fourths of the broad entrance from the lake to the 
creek — there were two spits of sand running from either 
