The Geographical Journal (Journal of the Royal Geographical Society): Volume IX, No. 4 [‎197r] (64/172)

TWO YEARS’ TRAVEL IN UGANDA, UNYORO, AND ON THE UPPER NILE. 381
Alagabiet hill, which is one of the main features of the country. Small
clusters of huts were hidden away in openings in the forest, and the
last village occupied by the Wa Nandi was near Kimong.
We had not seen many of the natives as yet, though poisoned arrows
had been fired at us in the forest. I made the height of Alagabiet hill
7128 feet, and from the top of it one had a very good view over the
valley of the Guaso Masa river, and across a very open country to the
eastward, which is uninhabited. Hartebeest, water-buck, and oribi are
to be found there. The country immediately south of Alagabiet is
very swampy, which is caused by the streams running down this way
from the forest, and we had to retrace our steps along our old road to
WANYORO CH 1 ER AND FOLLOWERS.
Samwiti. Captain Sitwell and Mr. Foaker were with another column,
working in this direction, which, however, unfortunately missed us, and
passed along the lower ground towards Kabras, down south to Kitolo’s.
From Samwiti we steered straight tor a high blufl called I. sun, to
the right of which there appeared to be a gap in the long line of hills
in the far distance. The villages were now becoming more numerous,
and there were cattle-tracks in all directions. There was still a good
deal of forest about, belts of which run out from the main forest to the
south-west. The weather was usually dull and cloudy, and there were
occasional showers of rain in the afternoon and night. The natives
first tried conclusions with us on the open ground east of the river
Kimonde, which is about 6 feet deep, and crossed by a native bridge.
There were two large bodies of them, from four to five hundred strong,