, 1875-12-01

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THE CoTvTHy NF TaEYIfA,
whoFo eolI and mountainous Bhnrca form
tlionE contraet to tho flats cf Ahirati nnl
aEotnsu. liefe nro mountains rising nbrapt!y
iien tho tako 70 height nf a,(h1U feet and moro
llns coaat Ia also vely crooked And irregnfhr,
requiring rhtient md 1ahornn1s rowing to t1,-
sehslg"to rs nnny hcs1'a and curves. Tho rco..
plo are tinAi ntHI EIIarlr.o IA race, much yo<oa
BY shelr pe'Ehsfors, tho Wnari, Rnult,, ahd
Wamas ii, cat. and arc 10th to talk to strangers,
a. tho Arab elavc-denlora OF fangnnt l,ave not
taNeht them 10 love pooplo carrying guus.
The WngoYcyA. having been troutled bv tho
Warurt have loft many lnllos OF wilderness bo.
tween tleir country antl that OF tlteir lorce
nc'ghbosa nn',t'abitca, Hut snoEoro, the agent
OF slse Saba, who proMrlod tho Waturs TO many
n devlllsh aut, and han purchased
THE nuMaS alulIa,
is constructing In Ukciewe iilnw of twenty or
thirty tons burden, with whisl, lo Intends 10
rrofccule moro actively h.s ncfarIons trade.
Nothing would have rlenssd mo butter tllau to
l'ave been commissioned by sonso Government
to hang all such wtatcllca al11rever found, and,
II over q pirate deserved death for ,uhumn,,
crimes, sungoro, tn, a'ayo-trador, deserves
death. kngehvi, III Uaukurha, has become tho
seat OF the inGumsn save-trnde. 10 this port
they arc collected from slmh MaRu. Ukssese.
and ugoyeya; and when Sungato Inns loatcd
l,s tlhow and hoistod Ills biooi.Atalncl onsi9n,
tho great eu will tncreaso tcnfold. aud tho ca,
van.EoaI to Uuyar, embe will becutno hollis
highway.
On tho coast Of t'goyeya expected to discover
4 channel to anothnr lake, ns there might 10
gtuin Of truth in what the Whnguano reported
to Livingstone; bnt found nothing Of tho sort,
except unusually deep bends in tho shoro, Which
led nowhere. Tho streams wcro insignificant
and undcserrng tho Damo Of rivers.
1sLANns AT THE E4uAroH.
a few mllos from the Equator discovered two
iHlauds fotsnol Of baaa'slc rock aud overgroHn
With dense growth Of tropical vegetation. Ono
had natural bridKe Of rock 10 feet long mud I5
feet wide; tho other had . smaf! caeo.
III longitude 81 deg. 40 min. east at Nskidimc,
UGeyoSa, no ramo to the iurtlest point cast Of
nARrNao.
North o{ UEeyera bcxins Baringo, email
country. cStepuIng over about Is miles Of Iatt.
tt,do. 1ta coast IL also remarkable for decp In
ocntatlona and noble bays, B3Me Of which are
called lakes by uucultisatod Wangusna. Jargo
islands hro also humorous, eornc OF which lie 80
close to tho tnAiuEaad that il We had not huggnd
its shoFo closely We should l,are mistaken them
for pnr'ions Of tho mainland. North Of Uanogo
the land ia again distinguished by lofty bills.
cones. and plateaua wh!ch sink eastward into
plnins, and hero q now country commcuces--
Unyara, tue lang1a.e Of whose pooplo is tntally
dfRtlnct from that Of Usukuma. and npproachcs
to that Of Uganda aud UBoga,
THE POPULATION.
Unysrh occupies the northeastern coast Of The
Victoria N1ynuza, aud by observation the OK
ttetne northeastern polnt OF the Nlyanza ends
IN longitude o. degrees 90 minutes eaas and la!i-
tudo 50 minutes - seconds north. AS l intend
to send you chart Of the Niyanza. 1t is needless
hero to cntcr into MINOR dcta1s, but I may aH
we'll moution here that large portion OF tho
northeastern eud Of tho Lake is almost entircly
closed sn by the choreh Of uRaus and Of two
islands, Chnga and UBuguru. tho latter Of which
IL ono Of tho largest In the N'yanzs.
TIE BIOGRAPHICAL SITUATION.
While unyarn occupies tho nosthcastern coast
OF tue Nlyanzn. ugana commences the uolthern
coast Of the lake from tho east, aud, running
bonthwcat. few mics, forms loro a large
bhy. 1t then tronuH westward, aud tho tslaId
OF Chaga rnna directly north and eouth for
miles at dlataucc OF y mlea from tho oppo-
aouthorn extremity Of ChaRa, in . south.south-
easterly direction, to Nithln miles from the
eastern slloso Of the mainland. Thus almost =
lake is formed separate from tho Niyauza.
North OF Chaga Island, unoga begns With tho
large district OK Unowa, whore wo met with tie
first hohtlle tntoutlon-though mol act, as tho
not was checked by show Of superior woapons--
on tue part Of tho natives. Theuce, Az va pro.
Good westward. the dis:i!cts Of uganda, USlra,
UaAmu. anl Utamba ltno ths coast pf Usoga.
Whore Utamba beglps, large islands Aga!n bo.
como frequent, tho principal Of which is uvnma
an independent country, aud the largest in tbs
Victoria Niyanza.
FIRST ArrAcR M NATIVES.
At Uvnma wo experienced tscachcry and hos.
tiltty OIL tho part Of the aAtyeB. by ahow OF
,a.is' "a .nua pstt W. "ase .nuaceu 70 oa'!
,,a.t"a. ,.ar, ',t H. ~ VI" % ouou ".o uass "
W'e .t, "vlu ny ,;a,. ~ nnusn oennu sao sseea
nua1I mnnn e"'nuk tuao'y oy, eacnanRng iIleno'y
.,, s,rar m,sr ~ s'. iaro We ata MSto eaaaaa
.tr'.,i. ~ i".s ~. II s..' osa' ~ na1e!t
.iar ,u' ,,m aaxoh tnn cu ostk ul'ay wv
,stanco h,t not hofnra ms ~ ,hn ~ eaass
n;n 't" pus ~. % ueto.o 9 one o. tne sAscas was
'a's 4eau ~ sHot ifU ona & q, ny aetoiseEs;
,naa, na.uL Leesuuus , no1p ' "'.os We entered
Hnnavax. hnt ctosa r. tha atnr. vi " If.,,S ano
tis5 80 ;; s.s1 ~ ~ o'utAe'
thirtoen In nnnuar-oarry,,,tr nvar III ,xnrrin1.
aimed yith sholdn aud snoar, and slinvs. 1hs
foromost canoe uoutuipcI baskets If aweot m,
tatocs, which lilo pooulo held Il aa Il ti,cy wnro
dpslrous to trade. ortlored uiy ,u,1nln to nea "a
ron,ue, and a. tbore wuy but s,uht Lrooze w
sill leId on with tho sail aud perm,ttvu tbs
canoe to approach.
sEcoyn s7rAcr,
While we rero bareainlaa Tor pota,oes With
this canon. the other ca,Icos cana t1 sn,f biooe
tho boat. while the uounie hegan 10 ,ay hsmtls NJ,
"vorv1h,nc. hut ,xc fo,,nt the,~ nrrn~3a ~. .,i