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his pedigree, and ask for leave to follow up the lake 
from its junction with the Nile to Utumbi, and then 
crossing to its northern bank follow it down to U1- 
legga and Koshi. If you are so fortunate as to reach 
Utumbi, and don't wish to go farther south, inquire 
well about Ruanda, the M'Fumbiro mountains, if there 
is any copper in Ruanda, and whether or not the 
people of those countries receive Simbi (the cowrie 
shell) or any other articles of merchandize from the 
west coast, guarding well that no confusion is made 
with the trade of Karagwe, for Rumanika sends men 
to Utumbi ivory-hunting continually. 
“ Remember well that the Wahuma are most likely 
Gallas; this question is most interesting, and the more 
you can gather of their history, since they crossed the 
White Nile, the better. Formerly Unyoro, Uganda, 
and Uddhu were all united in one vast kingdom 
called Kittara, but this name is now only applied to 
certain portions of that kingdom. 
“ Nothing is known of the mountains of the moon 
to the westward of Ruanda. In Unyoro the king will 
feed you ; beyond that I suspect you will have to buy 
food with beads." 
Such was the information most kindly written by 
Speke, which, in addition to a map drawn by Captain 
G-rant, and addressed to the Secretary of the Royal 
