BAGAMOYO TO MPWAPWA. 51 little stream, which presented a most fairylike spectacle. It had cut a deep channel for itself in the soft alluvial soil of the valley. This miniature ravine was completely arched over by a dense growth of reeds- and bushes, and its sides were clothed with luxuriant masses of pale green maidenhair fern, relieved by the dark fronds of another species of Adiantum. We remained two days at Tubugwe, and left on September 18th. The road, after leaving the camp, led past some villages and wound through an open jungle of stunted acacias to the top of a pass 800 feet above our camp. The summit of the pass was densely wooded, and we halted for a short time after our sharp climb, and, while resting, a hare ran through the caravan and was speedily knocked on the head ; it was much like an English hare, only a good deal smaller. On resuming the march we followed the course of a long valley filled with magnificent forest, and at its lower end we got a glimpse of a small lake some distance below us. Then turning northwards, we crossed a very steep ridge and entered a valley with the dry sandy bed of a large stream winding clown it, and soon after met some men sent by O'Neill to show us the way. Continuing our journey down the river-bed, where a small stream of water appeared and disappeared again at intervals, we at length emerged from the hills, and found ourselves on the edge of a broad plain stretching away to the