The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-08-16

them had been murdered by the treecn'
erous people! then inquired II there
was no road between Ruands and Urun.
4 di by which could reach Uzige. The
old King smiled at the question, and
said the Warsndi were worse than
the natives of Ruandi. Not quite salts
fed with his repliesEl questioned Hamed
Ibrahim, an Arab gentleman, who has
done business in Karagwe twelve years
As to the possibility Of penetrating any.
where westward from any point near
Ksragwe, his replies. though more defin-
tie and explicit, swept away almost all
hope ofever again reaching Lake Albert
from the east side. ...
THE FREEDOM OF KARAawE OBTAINED
To test Rumanika's friendship, ! re-
quested that he would permit me to ex.
plore the frontier of Karagwe as far
north as Mpororo and south to Uguiu, q
distance of eighty geographical miles,
and that he would lend me guides and
native escort. To my surprise, the gem
| tie old King not only gave me guides
and an escort, but canoes and the freedom
of Karagwe or, in other words, heprom-.
ised that SO long as l explored, l and
my people should have subsistence
gratis. Thus was l assisted second
time BY African monarchs in the cause of
geography. .r. ,.. .r 2.
OFF ON AN EXPLORING TRIP. .,
| l lost no time, you may rest assured, in
| getting ready. The boat Lady Alice was
conveyed to Speke's Lake Windermsre,
and the sections screwed together, and
the next day, conveyed by six of HUMAN
| ika's canoes, manned by Wsuysp,bu
natives of Karagwe), we set out for
another exploring trip. After circum-
navigating Lake WIndermere we en-
tered the Kagera river, and almost i'm
mediately it flashed on my mind that l
had made another grand discovery; that
had discovered, in fact, the true parent
of the Victoria Nile.
sPEKE CORRECTED.
If you glance atSpeke's map, you will
perceive that he calls this river the Kit
angule river. and that he has two tribu.
tsries running to it, called respectively
the Luchuro and the Ingezi. Spoke, SO
wonderfully correct, with a mind which
grasped geographical knowledge with
great acuteness, and accuracy, is serious.
" in error IN calling this noble river
Kitangule. Neither Wsgands nor
Wan yamba know it by that, but they
all know the Kagara river, which flows
near Kitangule. From its mouth TO Ur-
undi it Is known by the natives on both
banks of the Kagera river. The Luchu.
70, or rather Lukaro. means "higher up"
but is no name of any river. Of the
Ingezi shall have occasion TO speak
further on.
EXPLORING ALBERT NlYANZA.
While exploring the Victoria Lake /
assembled few miles up the ksgers, and
WAS then struck with its great volume
and depth---so much 80 rs to rank 1t as
the principal attluent of the Victoria
Lake. But in coming south, and CROSS
ing it at Kitangule, l sounded it and
found fourteen fathoms of water, or
eighty-tour feet deep, and 120 yards
wide. This fact, added to the deter
mined opinion OF the natives that the
Kagera was An arm OF the ALDER Niyanzs
caused me to think the river worth ex-
ploring. knew, as all who know any.
thing of African geography, that the Ka
gera could not be an atiluent of Lake
Albert. But their repeated statements
to that effect, caused me to suspect that
such a great body of water could not be
created by the drainage Of Ruands and
Ksrsgwe-that it ought to have its
source much further, or from some lake
situated between Lakes Albert and Tan
ganvika.
ilWhen explored Lake Windermere,
| discovered, by sounding, that it had An
average depth Of forty feet, and that 1t
was fed and drained by the Ksgera. On
entering the Kagera, l stated that it
flashed on my mind that the kagera was
the real pareut of the Victoria Nile;
by sounding found tifty-two feet of
water IN river fifty yards wide. pro-
ceeded on my voyage three days up the
river, and came 10 another lake nine
miles long and n mile in width, situated
on the right hand of the stream. AT the
southern end of the lake, and after work.
ing our way through two miles of pspy-
rls we came TO the island of Unyamabi,
mile and half in length.
Ascending the highest point on the
island, tho secret of the Ingezi, or IA
gera, was revealed. Standing in The
middle of the island, perceived it was
about three miles from the coast Of IA
m I'VE, and three mites from the coast of
Klshakaa west, so that the width OF the
lngezl Mt this point was about SIX miles,
and north it stretched away broader, and
beyond the horizon green Papyri mixed
with broad gray CLEANS of water.
discovered, after further ex-
ploratisn, that the expanses
Of papyri floating over depth
of from nine To fourteen feet of water;
that the pspyri, in fact, covered a large
portion of long, shallow lake; that the
river, though apparently mere swift,
flowing body OF water, confined sppsr-
entity within proper banks by dense, tall
fields of pspyri, was n mere current, and
that underneath the papyri 1t supplied
lake, varying from five to fourteen miles
in width, and about eighty geographical
miles in length.
Descending the Ksgera again, some five
miles from Unpsmubi, the boat entered a
large lake on the left side, which, when
explored, proved to be thirteen geograPh-
ical miles in length by eight in breadth.
From its extreme western side to the
mainland OF Karsgwe east was fourteen
miles, eight of which was clear, open wa
ter; the other six were covered by hoat
ING fields of pspyri, large masses or
islands of which DRIFT TO and fro daily.
By following this lake TO its southern ex-
,remity, penetrated between Rnsnis
and Kishakka. | attempted To land in
Rusnds, but was driven back to the boat
by war cries, which the natives sounded
shrill and loud.
Throughout the entire length eighty
miles) the Niagara maintains almost the
same volume and almost the same width,
dischsrging its surplus waters t" the
right and 10 the loft rs it flows on, iced.
mo on the underground channels, what
,,;,h, bs cslIea by An observer on land