From Kaole to Kazeh, statute miles 520 From Kazeh to Ujiji, „ 276 --- 796 Add one fifth for detour--159 miles 159 --- Total of statute miles 955 Assuming the absolute time of travelling to be 420 hours, this will give a marching rate of 2·27 miles per hour. CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME. Page CHAPTER I. We quit Zanzibar Island in Dignified Style 1 CHAP. II. Zanzibar and the Mrima explained 28 CHAP. III. Transit of the Valley of the Kingani and the Mgeta Rivers 41 CHAP. IV. On the Geography and Ethnology of the First Region 100 CHAP. V. Halt at Zungomero, and Formation of the Caravan 127 CHAP. VI. We cross the East African Ghauts 158 CHAP. VII. The Geography and Ethnology of the Second Region 225 CHAP. VIII. We succeed in traversing Ugogo 241 CHAP. IX. The Geography and Ethnography of Ugogo--the Third Region 294 CHAP. X. We enter Unyamwezi, the Far-famed Land of the Moon 313 CHAP. XI. We conclude the Transit of Unyamwezi 375 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE FIRST VOLUME. CHROMOXYLOGRAPHS. The Ivory Porter _Frontispiece._ Zanzibar Town from the Sea _to face page_ 1 A Town on the Mrima „ 28 Explorers in East Africa „ 127 The East African Ghauts „ 158 View in Unyamwezi „ 313 WOODCUTS. The Wazaramo Tribe 41 Party of Wah’hutu Women 100 A village in K’hutu. The Silk Cotton Tree 157 Sycomore Tree in the Dhun Ugogi 158 Maji ya W’heta, or the Jetting Fountain in K’hutu 225 Ugogo 241 Usagara Mountains, seen from Ugogo 294 Ladies’ Smoking Party 313 African House Building 375 [Illustration: ZANZIBAR TOWN FROM THE SEA.] THE LAKE REGIONS OF CENTRAL AFRICA. CHAPTER I. WE QUIT ZANZIBAR ISLAND IN DIGNIFIED STYLE.