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Kivro ; a place on the Luta Nzig<5 Late, famous for its salt.
Kisuahili ; the dialect of the Wasuahili on the east coast of Africa.
Kinganee; a large river, a t 6£° south latitude, on the east coast of
Africa.
K ittax a ; a province to the west of Uganda.
Kanga ; a guinearfowl, found along our whole route.
Kibuga ; the residence of the King of Uganda.
Kiengo ; the name of a medicine-man or rain-maker who accompanied
me to Uganda.
Kamarasi ; th e King of Unyoro.
Kidi ■ a nude race living on the Nile at 2J° north latitude.
Kagsera ; was applied to the river Kitangule, and may also mean any
river. i .I. •
Kono’o • the natives of Madi call th eir coarse beer by this name.
Karasha ; a small tusk of an elephant, or any tusk under 20 lb. weight.
Lweetanzigeh ; th e lake called Luta Nzig6 in Speke’s Journal.
Lueroo ; th e name given by some Waganda to the portion of th e Victoria
Nyanza where th e Kitangule joins it.
Looaleh ; the Uganda term for a supreme object or place of reverence.
' Manioc, or Manihot utilissima ; a bush which attains a heightof seven
f e e t; its root, known a t Zanzibar as “ Mohogo,” is th e staff of life
there, being used as we do our potato. . . _
M’wenge ; an intoxicating drink made from the fruit of th e plantain m
Karague and Uganda.
Merry • th e Uganda name for boiled plantain.
Murwa • th e Eleusine coracana, or ooleyzee of the Seedees, a minute
grain converted into flour and eaten like stirabout, or made into a
fermented drink.
M’ganga, or Ouganga ; a general term for a charm, or for a man who
divines events.
Mariboo ; the name of one of the officers of the King of Uganda.
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M’koongoo ; signifies an Uganda officer commanding fifty or more men.
M’ssega ; th e vulture, which usually eats th e flesh of condemned criminals
in Uganda.
M’foongoo ; the name for a species of vulture.
Mukooa ; a tribe of negroes, famous as sportsmen, living m 12 south
latitude. . . „ .
Mombas ; a seaport at 4° south latitude on th e east coast of Africa.
Mamba ; the name given to a crocodile by Seedees.
Mina ; a black bird with yellow beak found in India, and which can be
taught to speak.
Macquareh ; a flat, broad, sweet-tasting fish. •
M’kama ; the Karague and Uganda title for “ king.
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M’nanagee ; the brother of Rumanika.
M’fombsero ; the name of a mountain, estimated a t 10,000 feet high,
fifty miles west of Karague, at 1§° south latitude.
Maharageh ; a bean or calavance, cultivated in Usui, &c.
Mkooyoo ■; a species of wild fig.
Murees ; the name given to home-brewed beer by the Egyptian ivory-
hunters.
Madar of the Punjab ; a milky bush, called Galotropis procera.
N’deezee ; the name given by Seedees to ripe plantain.
Nurrowareh; the name given to the Victoria Nyanza by some Waganda.
Nanga ; a wooden musical instrument, having several strings.
Nyanzig, or Gnans-gnans; signifies “ Thanks, thanks,” and is used as
an expression by the Waganda.
Nzowe; a long-haired antelope, living amongst the papyrus rush on
the borders of the Karague and other lakes.
N’kole ; a small province to the north of Karague.
Nyanza, Gna(n)za, Nyassa; are one and the same term, signifying lake.
Pokino ; the governor of a large district in Uganda.
Posho ; the term for food, rations, or pay.
Panganee ; a river a t 5£° south latitude, on the east coast of Africa.
Pombi ; a fermented liquor made from grains, roots, or fruits.
Quikooroo ; the palace, or title of the residence of the Sultan of Usui
and Karague.
Qualae ; a species of partridge, so called from its peculiar cry.
Reonga ; the name of the King of Unyoro’s rebel brother.
Ripon F a lls; the cataract at the escape of the Nile from Victoria Nyanza.
Ruanda ; the country from whence rises th e largest feeder of the Victoria
Nyanza. Its border can be reached by water in three days from
Karague.
Rogaerah ; the rebel brother of the King of Karague.
Rumanika ; the King or Sultan of Karague.
Sorghum, Andropogon sorghum; a common African and Indian grain
made into stirabout, or used for making fermented d rin k s ; Kaffir
com of the Cape, M’tama of East Africa, Doora of Egypt, and Jowari
of India.
Sesseh, the islands o f ; on the west of the Victoria Nyanza.
Seedee ; the general term for a negro. A t Zanzibar, those of every race
who have been freed from slavery are called Wungwana.
Saharee ; a cloth of cotton check worn round the loins or thrown over
the shoulders.
Toorkee, namely, Turks ; the name given to the Egyptian ivory-hunters
by the people of Madi and Bari.
U k u n i; a district of Unyamuezi, a t 4° south latitude.
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