CH A P T E R VI.
From Chiwyu to Vinyata— Kaif Halleck murdered— The
magic doctor— Giving away the heart;—Deeds of blood—
“ The white men are only women”— A three days’ fight
— Punishment of the Wanyaturu— The ubiquitous Mirambo
— The plain of the Luwamberri ■— In a land of plenty—
Through the open country — “ I have seen the lake, Sir,
and it is grand!”— Welcomed at Kagehyi.
(Jan. 18— F eb . 27, 1875.)
W e have seen no remarkable feature in the
landscape since we surmounted that steep wall
o f the upland which bounds U go go on the west.
Near its v e rg e , it is true, it rose in steep terraces,
until finally it extended westward and northward
in a broad jungle-covered plain, which had a
gradual rise, culminating in the myombo-clad
slopes o f the Uveriveri ridge. While standing
at Suna, we were in view o f that vast waste
out o f which, after terrible experience, we had
emerged as it were only with our lives.
A t C h iw y u , we camped near the loftiest altitude
o f the gradual and almost unbroken rise o f upland,
at a height o f 5400 feet. T o the northward o f
Suna and Chiwyu , the- country, however, no
longer retained that grand unfurrowed uplift,
rJan. 18, 1875.] EXTREME SOUTHERN NILE SOURCES. 1 5 1
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but presented several isolated hills and short
ranges, while to the westward also we saw that
it was divided into oval basins, rimmed with
low hills. From these same hollows and furrows
and basins at the base o f the hills, scattered to
the north and west o f Suna and Chiwyu, issue
the first tiny rivulets, which, as we continue our
journey to the north-west, gradually converge
to one main stream, trending towards L a k e
Victoria. It is in this region^ therefore, that the
most extreme southern Sources o f the Nile were
discovered.
Since leaving Mpwapwa, we have not crossed
one perennial stream. A ll our drinking water
has been obtained from pools, or shallow depressions
lately filled b y rain. Between Suna
and Chiwyu was crossed one small rill flowing
north-easterly, which soon afterwards joins another
and still another, and gathering volume, swerves
north, then north-west. T h e se are the furthest
springs and head-waters o f a river that will
presently become known as the Leewumbu, then
as, the Monangah, and lastly as the Shimeeyu,
under which name it enters Lake Victoria on
the south-east coast o f Speke Gulf. .
Descending into the basin o f Matongo from
Chiwyu with its melancholy associations, we
crossed several narrow and shallow furrows,
which a tew late rains had probably caused,
and came to a clear stream flowing north through