folded to us. I am conscious that I have not
penetrated to the depths; but then I have not
ventured beyond the limits assigned me, viz. the
xploration o f the Southern Sources o f the Nile
and the solution o f the problem left unsolved
b y Speke and Grant— Is the Victoria Nyanza*
one lake, or does it consist o f five lakes, as reported
b y Livingstone, Burton, and others? This
problem has been satisfactorily solved, and Speke
has now the full g lo r y o f having discovered the
largest inland sea on the continent o f Africa
also its principal affluent, as well as the outlet!
I must also give him credit for having understood
the g eo g rap h y o f the countries he travelled
through better than any o f those who so
persistently assailed his hypothesis", and I here
record my admiration o f the geographical genius
that from mere native report first sketched with
such a masterly hand the bold outlines o f the
Victoria Nyanza.
* Speke’s hypothetic sketch made this lake 29,000 square
miles in extent. My survey of it has reduced it to 21 coo
square miles. ,
CH A P T ER VIII.
The twin rivers— Mankorongo baulked of his loot— Poor Bull 1
True to the death-— Msenna breaks out again— The terror
of Africa appears on the scene—Mars at peace— “ Dig potatoes,
potatoesi potatoes”— Mirambo, the bandit chief,
and I ..make blood-brotherhood— Little kings with “ big
heads” — Practical conversion of the chief of Ubagwé —
The Watuta, the Ishmaelites of Africa— Their history— African
nomenclature-—From Msené across the Malagarazi to Ujiji
— Sad memories.
' (April 8—May 27, 1876.)
A l o n g the valley o f Uyagoma, in Western
Usui, stretches east and west a grass-covered
ridge, beautiful in places with rock-strewn dingles,
tapestried with ferns and moss, and bright with
vivid foliage. From two such fair nooks, halfway
down either slope, the northern and the southern,
drip in great rich drops the sources o f two
impetuous rivers— on the southern the Malagarazi,
on the other the Lohugati. Though nurtured
in the same cradle, and issuing within 2000 yards
of one another, the twin streams are strangers
throughout their lives, Through the thick ferns
and fo lia g e , the rivulets trickle each down his
appointed s lo p e , murmuring as th ey gather