At Kabungwé I was alarmed at an insufferable odour that pervaded the air we breathed, for, whether in the house or without, the atmosphere seemed loaded with an intolerable stench. On enquiring of the natives whether there was any dead animal putrefying in the neighbourhood, they pointed to the firewood that was burning, and to a tree—a species of laurel—as that which emitted the smell. Upon examination I found it was indeed due to this strange wood, which, however, only becomes offensive under the action of fire. Between Kabungwé and Mtuyu, our next camp, the country is extremely populous. Were all the villages we passed inhabited by brave men, a brigade of European troops could not move without precaution. The people, however, did not attempt to molest us, though an enormous number came out to stare at us and our asses. The natives are quick to adopt nicknames. In some places the Arabs were known by the name of Mwana Ngombé, “lords of cows”; in others, Wasambyé, or the “uncircumcised,” because of their Wanyamwezi followers, which last name has penetrated over an immense region. Majwara, Frank Pocock’s servant, upon receiving the present of a bride from Mtesa because he was the son of Namujurilwa, the champion of Uganda, gave her the name of Tuma-leo, or “sent-to-day.” The Sarmeen of my first expedition received from his comrades, for his detective qualities, the name of Kachéché, or the “weasel.” Lukoma, who accompanied us to Muta Nzigé, called himself Mkanga, or “the one who looks behind.” Sambuzi received the title of Mta-uza, or the “spoiler”; and one of his subordinates was called Kiswaga, or “fleet-foot.” Kalulu’s name was formerly Ndugu Mali, “brother of money.” Wadi Safeni had a young relative in the Expedition entitled Akili Mali, or “one who is wise with his money.” Mgongo-Tembo, or “elephant’s back”; Mambu, or “noise”; Khamis, or “Thursday”; Juma, or “Friday”; Muini Kheri, or “lord of fortune”; Muini Pembé, or “lord of ivory”; and scores of others I might mention. In the same manner countries receive appellations distinctive of peculiarities, such as— Unya-Nyembé, land of hoes. U-Yofu, land of elephants. Unya-Mbewa, land of goats. Unya-Nkondo, land of sheep. Unya-Ngoma, land of drums. U-Konongo, land of travellers. Unya-Nguruwé, land of hogs. U-Nguru, land of mountains. U-Kusu, land of parrots. U-Ganda, land of drums. U-Lungu or U-Rungu, plain land. Ma-Rungu, plateau land. U-Kutu, land of ears (long ears?). U-Karanga, land of ground-nuts. U-Lua or U-Rua, land of lakes. U-Emba, lake land. U-Bwari, land of food. Lakes also have names significative of native ideas, such as the Tanganika, “the great lake spreading out like a plain,” or “plain-like lake”; Niyanja Muta Nzigé, or “the lake of dead locusts,” from, no doubt, the swarms of locusts on the plains of Ankori, Unyoro, and Western Uganda, and the salinas of Usongora, being swept into it by strong winds; Niyanja, or Nianja Ukerewé, “the great lake around Ukerewé.”