Africa and its inhabitants . he opposite side ofthe lake. This region is thickly peopled, some of the mountains being coveredwith plantations and groups of dwellings from base to summit. On a headlandcommanding the north side of the Lo-Fidco the African International Associationhas founded the station of Mjjala over against Karema, but better situated both as U-GUHA. 450 a health resort and for trading purposes. The Lo-Fuko valley offers at this pointthe most accessible route westwards to Lake Moero and the Luu-Pula river. The Ma-Rungu are of a somewhat repulsive Negro type, with projecting ja
Africa and its inhabitants . he opposite side ofthe lake. This region is thickly peopled, some of the mountains being coveredwith plantations and groups of dwellings from base to summit. On a headlandcommanding the north side of the Lo-Fidco the African International Associationhas founded the station of Mjjala over against Karema, but better situated both as U-GUHA. 450 a health resort and for trading purposes. The Lo-Fuko valley offers at this pointthe most accessible route westwards to Lake Moero and the Luu-Pula river. The Ma-Rungu are of a somewhat repulsive Negro type, with projecting jaws,flat nose, very short legs, and long trunk, and in some districts mucli subject togoitre. In their territory Reichard has foimd the soko or suko, an anthropoidape resembling the chimpanzee rather than the gorilla, is mentioned byLivingstone, who also saw the soko in the Ma-Njoma country. Tliese large apes,nearly 4 feet higli, dwell in colonies in the forests, where they build themselves Piff. 231.—Ma-Eungd habitations in the branches of the trees. They are dreaded more than Uons bythe natives, who believe that their evil eye is the forerunner of death. The granite U-Gulut uplands north of the cndssary ,s ,-d bythe prosperous Vuu-Guha people, who are related to their Rua neighbours furthowest. They are distinguished from other tribes by their lofty sup, ..1by a framework of iron wire and decked with shells, beads and metal WIUThey wear ganuents woven fron. the raphia fibre, to which ,bc chp. »ddaprons of monkey or leopard skins. U-Uuha is one of the most . 460 WEST APEICA. in Africa, producing potteries, mats, cooperage, wicker-work, arms, implementsiron and copper ornaments. Ruanda, the capital, situated in a plain to the northof the Lu-Kuga, contains at least four hundred huts disposed in regular widestreets, which are carefully scavangered. Stakes erected at intervals and surmountedby two-he
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