. Young folks library . of Famous Explorers regions, wants but a little of tlie neatness and finish ofart — mosques and kiosks, palaces and villas, gardensand orchards — contrasting with the profuse lavishnessand magnificence of nature, and diversifying the un-broken coup doeil of excessive vegetation, to rival, if not to excel, themost admiredscenery of theclassic riant shoresof this vastcrevasse ap-peared doublybeautiful to meafter the silentand spectralmangrove - creekson the EastAfrican sea-board, and the melancholy,monotonous experience ofdesert and jungle scenery,tawny rock a
. Young folks library . of Famous Explorers regions, wants but a little of tlie neatness and finish ofart — mosques and kiosks, palaces and villas, gardensand orchards — contrasting with the profuse lavishnessand magnificence of nature, and diversifying the un-broken coup doeil of excessive vegetation, to rival, if not to excel, themost admiredscenery of theclassic riant shoresof this vastcrevasse ap-peared doublybeautiful to meafter the silentand spectralmangrove - creekson the EastAfrican sea-board, and the melancholy,monotonous experience ofdesert and jungle scenery,tawny rock and sun-parched plain or rankherbage and flats of black mire. Truly it was a revelfor soul and sight. Ujiji — also called Manyofo, which appears, how-ever, peculiar to a certain sultanat or district — is thename of a province, not, as has been represented, of asingle town. It was first visited by the Arabs about1840, ten years after they had penetrated to Unyam-Wezi; they found it conveniently situated as a mart. Fording the Unguwwb. Discovery of Tanganyika Lake 347 upon the Tanganyika Lake, and a central point wheretheir depots might be established, and whence theirfactors and slaves could navigate the waters and collectslaves and ivory from the tribes upon its banks. The bazaar at Ujiji is well suppHed. Fresh fish ofvarious kinds is always procurable, except during theviolence of the rains : the people, however, invariablycut it up and clean it out before bringing it to honey abounds after the wet monsoon. By thefavor of the chief, milk and butter may be purchasedevery day. Long-tailed sheep and well-bred goats,poultry and eggs — the two latter are never eaten bythe people — are brought in from the adjoining coun-tries : the Arabs breed a fewManilla ducks, and the peoplerear, but will not sell, pigeons. The Wajiji are a burly raceof barbarians, far stronger thanthe tribes hitherto traversed,with dark skins, plain features,and straight, sturdy limbs : th
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