. ika. A district of surpassing beautyand fertility, according to Stanley. The most productiveprovince in this section of the country, according to Burton;where vegetables which must be cultivated elsewhere seemed toflourish spontaneously. The earlier Arab settlers planted ricealone: the shores of the lake and had abundant harvests. Sor£-hum, manioc, ground-nuts, beans, egg-plant, sweet potatoes,yams, cucumbers, and artichokes, are all in the list of creaturecomforts which are to be found in Ujiji. Sugar canes, tobaccoand cotton are
. ika. A district of surpassing beautyand fertility, according to Stanley. The most productiveprovince in this section of the country, according to Burton;where vegetables which must be cultivated elsewhere seemed toflourish spontaneously. The earlier Arab settlers planted ricealone: the shores of the lake and had abundant harvests. Sor£-hum, manioc, ground-nuts, beans, egg-plant, sweet potatoes,yams, cucumbers, and artichokes, are all in the list of creaturecomforts which are to be found in Ujiji. Sugar canes, tobaccoand cotton are conspicuous articles of merchandise. The plan-tain and Guinea palm flourish like aborigines in the fertile soiland the humid atmosphere of the district; and all the trees andvines of the forests exhibit wonderful luxuriance. The forestsare thronging with wild beasts; and the villanous monkeys findspecial delight in most informal raids on the gardens of theirmore serious neighbors. Locusts abound in great numbers andtheir flight resembles a dark storm MOUNTAIN OF MONKEYS.
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