. Across Africa. Indigenous peoples -- Africa, Central; Plants -- Africa, Central; Africa, Central -- Description and travel. XV.] THE WATUTA. 201 uation of rivers and villages by means of it, I am inclined to fancy they thonght me a magician. My telling tbeni of the eclipse before it happened impressed them greatly. The supposed " long arm " I found to be a myth; but I be- lieve a river of considerable size, "with a very grassy mouth, flows into the lake at the bottom. Tingi-tingi is the name given to grassy places at the mouths of rivers and elsewhere, if the grass is too thic
. Across Africa. Indigenous peoples -- Africa, Central; Plants -- Africa, Central; Africa, Central -- Description and travel. XV.] THE WATUTA. 201 uation of rivers and villages by means of it, I am inclined to fancy they thonght me a magician. My telling tbeni of the eclipse before it happened impressed them greatly. The supposed " long arm " I found to be a myth; but I be- lieve a river of considerable size, "with a very grassy mouth, flows into the lake at the bottom. Tingi-tingi is the name given to grassy places at the mouths of rivers and elsewhere, if the grass is too thick for boats to pass through, but not thick enough for men to walk on; sindi is the name given when it will bear a man's weight. From this cause the river near Ugaga is called Sindi; but they also talk of other rivers as sindi, e. g., the Kirumbwe is said to be tingi-tingi, with a little sindi. April, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cameron, Verney Lovett, 1844-1894; Oliver, Daniel, 1830-1916. New York : Harper & Bros.
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