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 in the dry season, although rendered unnavigable by falls and rapids. For a stretch of 120 miles in a straight line below these obstructions its course has been surveyed by no explorer, so that it is still somewhat uncertain whether the Kakriman is the upper course of the Brameya, which enters the sea midway between the Pongo and the Mallecory at the broad estuary of the Sangarea. According to the natives the Brameya is navigable for one or two hundred miles by craft

drawing 10 feet; but the current is interrupted by a series of dangerous rapids within 36 miles of the sea.

In the interior the hills and plateaux disposed in successive terraces and at some points approaching the coast, enjoy a salubrious climate suitable for European settlements. Mount Kakulima, near the east side of the Sangarea estuary, rises to a height of 3,000 feet above the surrounding savannahs and palm-groves. It