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 Wa-Huma women are burnt alive whenever they again fall into the hands of their fellow-countrymen. The language of the Wa-Huma is unknown, and it is still uncertain whether they speak a Galla dialect mixed with Bantu words or a Bantu idiom affected by Galla elements.

The kingdom of Karagwé occupies west of Lake Victoria an area of about 6,000 square miles, being limited southwards by U-Zinza, west and north by the Tanguré

river, which seems to have the best claim to be regarded as the Upper Nile. From U-Sui this state is separated by a desert borderland watered by the Lohugati, which flows north-east to Lake Nyanza.

Karagwé is one of the finest countries in Central Africa. With its evergreen hills, fertile valleys, and purling brooks, the whole region presents a park-like appearance, and might easily be transformed to a vast garden. The western district is tolerably elevated, the crests of the plateau here attaining a height of 5,000 and even 6,000 feet, and in clear weather commanding a view of the blue