THROUGH THE DARK CONTINENT.
CHAPTER I.
'Ujiji, its scenery, residents, markets, and vicinity— Arab rivals
—The circumnavigation of the Tanganika— Commander
Cameron and the outflowing Lukuga — The encroaching
waters—The legend of the Lake—Evening.
(Ma y 28— June 10, 1876.)
T h e best view of Ujiji is to be obtained from
the flat roof of one of the Arab tembes or
^houses. From my tembe, which fronted the
market-place, I had a most beautiful view, towards
the north, of the square and conical
huts of the Wangwana, Wanyamwezi, and Arab
slaves, the Guinea palms from the golden-coloured
nuts of which the Wajiji obtain the palm-oil, the
banana and plantain groves, with here and there
a graceful papaw-tree rising amongst them, and,
beyond, the dark green woods which line the
shore and are preserved for shade by the
fishermen.
South of the market-place are the tembes of
the Arabs, solid, spacious, flat-roofed structures,
built of clay, with broad, cool verandahs front-
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