STILL RUNNING THE GAUNTLET ON THE RIVER. 485 
strata, the current lias succeeded in quarrying frequent 
gaps through it, one of which on the left side, where the 
current is greatest, and the scene of raging waters 
wildest, is very deep and wide. Nearer the right bank 
the cataract has more the aspect of furious rapids ; and 
a narrow branch has been formed between the numerous 
Wana-Rukura islets and the right bank, which drops 
over a dozen low terraces from 6 inches to 2 feet, and a 
series of shallow rapids for a distance of six miles, when 
it has reached the level of the main river below the 
CAVERN NEAR KABOMBO ISLANDS. 
Sixth Cataract. By noon of the 23rd we had succeeded 
in clearing this cataract without loss of life or serious 
accident. 
We were very patient with our captives, and suc- 
ceeded in inducing them to be communicative, but 
unhappily we understood but little of what they so 
volubly imparted to us. But what we did learn was 
interesting. 
They had heard of Ruanda, and indicated for it an 
east-north-east direction ; and also of the Wakombeh, or 
Wabembe, cannibals, who occupy the country between 
