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ambition in him, contrasting his royal
ty with that of the civilized world. |
told him of brilliant pageantry, impos-
ing celebrations, dazzling festivities,
and made him voracious for these Won
derful things. M'Tse said to me, f.
nally:
"All that have is yours if you make
me great King. | want carriage and
a horse"
By talking such grandeur to him |
got him to consent to my propositions.
He, however, resisted my desire to re-
turn by the Victoria Nile. But | was
stubborn, and ultimately succeeded.
On July IA, although suffering from
long-continued dysentery, visited the
Victoria Nyanza, three hours to Muir
Gibson Greek. | was met by thou
sand of Misses warriors in canoes of
bark of native tree, sewed together
and ornamented by the head and
antlers of the Tetel. The Nagarrah
drum, accompanied by limitations of
the crow, echoing over the smooth
surface of the lake made the occasion
one never to be forgotten. Down
Murchison Greek and out upon the
lake | was escorted by this numerous
suite. found the lake twenty-five to
thirty feet in depth and from twelve
TO fifteen miles across. 1t might be
double that distance. And although
| visited the right shore | found no
traces of shells and no tide marks to
disturb this one source of the Nile.
had intended to pass from the lake
via Ripon Falls to Urondogant. Super
stition and "Afrikes' were too strong
counter-inhuences, Notwithstanding
MISE had assumed that he had de-
capitated the devils. had to oabandon
the project and return to Mise, to
whom | again made my adieux. | left
for Urondogani the 18th of July. After
much suffering | arrived after march
of twenty days when. under ordinary
circumstances, it could be accomplish
ed in three or four days. The native
chiefs opposed me because had closed
the wall to Zanzibar and had received
the assurance of MISE that all ivory
should in future pass via Gondokoro
and down the Nile. When Mise
heard of my treatment he offered to
indemnify me to any extent, and pro-
missed 10 punish severely those to whom
he had conlided my safe conduct to
the river. African diplomacy did its
utmost To deter me from my purpose
TO navigate the unknown Nile. |,
however, seized from the unwilling
VI M'fongoffE rwu bIrk rarurS, and ar
dawn of day on the 9th Of August, ac-
'companied by my two soldiers, two
servants and three children and pre-
sents from MISE, folded my tent and
silently stole away.
On the l1th of August, in north
latitude deg. 80 sec, high noun
tain on my right, | entered large
basin or lake. The bed of the river
here loses itself. Twas beset by storms
and without compass. / was forty
eight hours struggling to find my way
in this lake, which is at least twenty
to twenty-five miles wide, wholly un-
able 10 perceive land on either side.
i
sumed nv journey. This lake seems
not alone the reservoir of the waters
of the Lake Victoria Nyanza, but of
the waters of the plateau. the great
watershed extending southward. Al
most perpetual rains except in July
and August) fall and fill this basin to
an immeasurable depth, and when the
waters get too high they break through
the channel, and. perhaps, this ac-
counts for the periodical inundatiou
of the Nile.
August II | arrived near M'Rooli.
where | was attacked by 400 men of
keba Regas in canoes. / defeated
them after severe fight, with a loss
to them of eighty-two killed, causing
them to desert their sinking boats. |
was wounded in the face during the
battle. The river then from Karuma
to Foweira to Urondogani is navigable
even for ships like the Great Eastern.
Resuming my march northward the
18th of September | arrived at Condo
koro the 18th of October.
The results of my expedition were
in Uganda | had induced Mise to
close the road to Zanzibar in the in
terest of Egypt's monopoly of ivory.
| had found "a new route to Gondokoro.
| had explored the Victoria Nyanza.
| had nayi gated the unknown Nile
from Forweira to karuma Falls.
Mise gave me information of Lieuten-
ant Cameron, who was there July 10,
1874, still at Ujiji.
The country of Uganda is noun
famous and picturesque; soil fertile
and impregnated with iron. The eli
mate is salubrious, but debilitating
for Europeans. 1t is u land of morass
and marsh in some quarters. Buffalo
and elephants abound. The jungle
fever is prevalent, and even the natives
are victims to it. Spring may be said
to exist there at all seasons Of the year.
The products are coffee, grown wild;
tobacco largely cultivated, and OF ex-
cellent quality, resembling the perique
of Louisiana; sugar-cane, Indian corn,
sweet potatoes, vans and beans. The
banana is of excellent quality. 1t is
The only fruit of the whole country.
Boiled, roasted or baked, it is the chief
food of the natives. The character of
the native is childlike, and in no wise
warlike. He works but little, smokes,
drinks ''morrissa," and the haren is
| his happiness.