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Name o f Country.
Iramba
Usukuma
Name o f Station, V illa g e , or. Camp.
Through forest to Mgongo Temb
Mangura
Igira .
f Across plain and wilderness of Lii
I wamberri to Mombiti ..
Across wilderness to Usiha
Wandui ..
Mondo
Abaddi
Marya
South Usmau
Hulwa . .
Gambachika
Kagehyi
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K i e s .
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This is a forest wild separating Ituru from Iramba and Usukuma,
wherein several picturesque bouldery, rocky hills
are seen. High commanding ridges are succeeded by
deep valleys, or narrow open basins, all of which contribute
streams to swell the Shimeeyu, which is here
known as the Leewumbu.
At Mangura we entered Usukuma, skirting Southern Iramba.
Streams numerous, flowing over beds of granite, slate,
basalt, porphyry, and quartz, emptying into the Leewumbu
or Shimeeyu. People addicted to war, and quarrelsome.
From Igira is a gradual descent into the Luwamberri Plain.
Grassy and level, this plain extends towards the N.W.,
as if it were the dried bed of a broad, shallow lake.
Buffaloes, gnus, zebras, giraffe, springbok, and waterbok,
in herds. Rhinoceros and elephants are also numerous.
Water abundant in pools, and stagnant in water-courses.
Grain and potatoes are cheap at Mombiti.
rTwo roads lead from Mombiti to Usiha, but the path through
the wilderness is preferable, because of the character of
the natives. Cross the Shimeeyu— which is here called
the Mpjfangah—-journey acrossi broad plains and low
. jungle-clad ridges.
-An open, clear, grassy plateau stretches with scarcely any
variation between Wandui and Lake Victoria. The cattle
are in enormous numbers, and cheap. The villages are
clusters of cone huts surrounded by manifold hedges of milkweed.
Each march delighted us with pastoral scenes, and
health-giving airs invigorated us. The land is blessed with
a gracious climate, and the natives are mostly amenable to
reason. Porters may be engaged at each station — indeed,
the natives for a consideration were ready to fight us, or
to become our servants. Through such a land it is not very
difficult to travel.