River Running in or out--The Contest between Mohinna and "Short-
legs"-- Famine--The Arabs and Local Wars--The Sultana of
Unyambewa--Ungurue "The Pig"--Pillage.

U-n-ya-muezi--Country of Moon--must have been one of the largest
kingdoms in Africa. It is little inferior in size to England,
and of much the same shape, though now, instead of being united,
it is cut up into petty states. In its northern extremities it
is known by the appellation U-sukuma--country north; and in the
southern, U-takama--country south. There are no historical
traditions known to the people; neither was anything ever written
concerning their country, as far as we know, until the Hindus,
who traded with the east coast of Africa, opened commercial
dealings with its people in salves and ivory, possibly some time
prior to the birth of our Saviour, when, associated with their
name, Men of the Moon, sprang into existence the Mountains of the
Moon. These Men of the Moon are hereditarily the greatest
traders in Africa, and are the only people who, for love of
barter and change, will leave their own country as porters and go
to the coast, and they do so with as much zest as our country-
folk go to a fair. As far back as we can trace they have done
this, and they still do it as heretofore. The whole of their
country ranges from 3000 to 4000 feet above the sea-level--a high
plateau, studded with little outcropping hills of granite,
between which, in the valleys, there are numerous fertilising
springs of fresh water, and rich iron ore is found in sandstone.
Generally industrious--much more so than most other negroes--they
cultivate extensively, make cloths of cotton in their own looms,
smelt iron and work it up very expertly, build tembes to live in
over a large portion of their country, but otherwise live in