VEGETATION IN UNYORO. 53 dragged with us required,,when wet, five men to carry it, I determined to wait; and I did well, for at two o'clock it still rained as persistently as ever, so our further march was put off until the following morning. My porters, who last night devoured an ox, were now lying hungrily around a smoking fire; and I too had only what was absolutely necessary.

Next morning a very cloudy sky did not promise well for our further journey; nevertheless we broke up camp in good time (6.15 A.M.) in order to reach our distant quarters at the appointed hour. A very hilly country spread itself out before us; both sides of the way were flanked with solitary hills, and our progress was rendered irksome by antediluvian: grass and bushes often ten feet high. Lntada sudanica, with its ripe fruit, was frequently to be seen along the road. In swampy places there were groups and bushes of Phenix spinosa. Magnificent growths of papyrus fringed the watercourses. This day, too, we did not escape the rain; and as only grass and forest lay before us, and neither huts nor plantations were to be seen, we were compelled to press vigorously forwards, until, about two o’clock in the afternoon, we reached a small group of miserable huts, where we were obliged to remain for the night. The inhabitants had fled at our approach, but we found fires still burning in the huts. Matongali Vukimba, the chief of the village, did not keep us long waiting, for we had hardly placed our things under cover when he, accompanied by two subchiefs and several of his people, put in an appearance, to pay his respects to me and to present me with a goat and two sheep—quite a luxury. The people impressed me favourably ; they were modest and unpretentious, and satisfied with anything that was given them. If they were allowed to choose between glass beads and cloth, they preferred the latter. This place was called Kimanya. The Wany6éro appear to be very much afraid of dew and rain; at any rate they will never get up early in the morning ; and if, when on the march, they come upon grass wet with dew, they lay down their loads and quickly tie before them either a large banana-leaf or a bunch of dry leaves in order to protect themselves. A woman who was travelling with us was