NG'UHU TO KAGEI AND UKEREWE. 87 fishing, as only a small quantity of grain could be grown there. The natives also eat a small fly like a gnat, but with green wings; these flies travel about in vast swarms which must contain countless millions, looking at a distance like clouds of brown smoke ; they are borne along by the wind for considerable distances, and I have often encountered them on the Nyanza far out of sight of land. The islanders catch these flies, as they alight on bushes and shrubs, in a conical basket which is whirled rapidly round by means of a handle fixed radially to the rim.

There was a storm during the night, which delayed us for some hours, and when at last we did set off the sea was still somewhat rough, and our clumsy craft kept shipping water, so that I and my bedding got thoroughly soaked. By four o'clock we had reached the island of Ukerewe and kept close to the shore. The island here terminated in a fine bold rocky coast, there being deep water close in shore, with some picturesque rocky islets at no great distance. A few natives were fishing, with rod and line, from the rocks, and stared curiously at me. We kept along the shore for some distance, till we reached a spot where the cliffs receded from the water's edge, and guiding the canoe through a fringe of ambatch bushes, we disembarked close to a large village. We went up to the village, and a hut having been cleared for my use, I soon had an admiring crowd round me, criticising every move-