The bottom of the Lake consists of fine white sand, and a broad belt of strong rushes, say 100 yards wide, shows shallow water.

In the afternoons quite a crowd of canoes anchor at its outer edge to angle; the hooks are like ours, but without barbs.

The fish are perch chiefly, but others similar to those that appear in the other Lakes are found, and two which attain the large size of 4 feet by 1-1/2 in.

thickness: one is called Sampa.
_22nd July, 1868._--A very high wind came with the new moon, and prevented our going, and also the fishermen from following their calling.

Mapuni thought that we meant to make, an escape from him to the Babisa on the south, because we were taking our goats, I therefore left them and two attendants at Masantu's village to assure him.
_23rd July, 1868._--Wind still too strong to go.