. The Victoria Nyanza; the land, the races and their customs, with specimens of some of the dialects . ot onlyfrom the banana, but also from the speaking of the land and people of Karagwe,we must not forget the hot springs of Mtagata. Theseare in the neighbourhood of the Ugandaboundary, and issue from the rocks by manyorifices in the depths of a primeval thicket ona mountain elsewhere poor in vegetation (Fig. 82). Thewater bursts out in a tolerably strong jet, and has atemperature of about 122° F. Hot steam hangs over Fig, -Rat-trap. (One-fourth natural size,III. E.,5369.) Co
. The Victoria Nyanza; the land, the races and their customs, with specimens of some of the dialects . ot onlyfrom the banana, but also from the speaking of the land and people of Karagwe,we must not forget the hot springs of Mtagata. Theseare in the neighbourhood of the Ugandaboundary, and issue from the rocks by manyorifices in the depths of a primeval thicket ona mountain elsewhere poor in vegetation (Fig. 82). Thewater bursts out in a tolerably strong jet, and has atemperature of about 122° F. Hot steam hangs over Fig, -Rat-trap. (One-fourth natural size,III. E.,5369.) Cords. Hot Springs. KARAGWE 63 the overflowing water, which fills small natural basinsin the neighbourhood of the springs. The natives, when ill, sit from morning to night upto the neck in these basins, hoping to cure their repulsivediseases. I made a whole series of photographs of thesesick people, all covered with sores, but unfortunately,like such a large number of others, they have all beendestroyed by the damp climate. Round the basins therestand small huts, hideously dirty, and scarcely large. Fig. 82.—Hot Springs of Mtagata. enough for two persons, in which, however, at least fouror five sick people are housed. The water of these springs tastes absolutely pure, andwhether they are really curative is a question I will notdiscuss, but in any case even a single bath in them hasa very invigorating and refreshing effect, in spite of thehigh temperature. I could learn but little as to the disposal of the Karao-we, as well as Nkole, children are buried in the 64 VICTORIA NY ANZA huts themselves, grown-up people outside, generally incultivated fields, or in such as are going to be culti-vated. When a Sultan departs this life in Karagweor Nkole, they inter him in his own hut, which is thenburned over the grave, and new huts are then erectedround it. CHAPTER IV. KISIBA. Turning eastward from Karagwe, after passing throughthe extensive wooded plain of the Kagera, we arrive
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