The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-27


reach it could not the other side Of the other
lake"
All this related slowly, as II he weighed well each
word, with great gravity, and a certain dignity.
Facts as viewed by the Explorer Flake six or seven
hours march from Rumanka's; longth Of lake, thir-
teen miles; greatest breadth, eight miles; namc Of
lake, Jhema Rweru.
Next, Baraka smart young fellow, a soldier In tho
Anglo-American Expedition, relates as foows:-
''speak OF Ruandal Do not know Ruands and all
the countries round aboutY Who is he that has gone
further than havef Have not been to Antoris
Yes; have carried things OF ornament TO tho King OF
Ankori Ruanda is yellow and fiat II is like plain;
extends away, away westward-a plain, in truth"
Facts by Explorer :-Ruanda is exactly the opposite
OF what Baraka says. The view Of kuanda from
Karagwe is Of succession OF lofty mountain ridges.
separated by deep broad valleys Explorer pointed
out the strong contrast to Baraka Baraka rccklessly
laughed and impudently showed his worries
Ncxt:-A Mgwana q long tmc resident within few
hundred yards OF the Of tho Rusix relates to
Livingstone and myself In ls;l:-
"whitc men, you want TO know all about The Rusizi.
know all about II. l came from Mukamba's yss,er-
day. This River Ruszi goes out Of the lake l tell
you true, quito true"
Facts by two expiorers:-rhe Rusizi flows into tho
Lake Tanganika, and not out aud the foolish Mgwana
sary untruth, or, In other words, that he lied.
THE NATIVES OK GEOGRAPHICAL QUESTIONS
native OF Central Africa rarely, IL ever. wilfuly
lies about that does concern his interests
Ignorance In most cases Is tho cause Of wrong nior
nation from him, and lack OF acquaintance with de-
tails gives vagucness and uncertainty what is told
But II half u dozen OF them be examined upon
subject tho traveller generally pick out much re-
liable information. Tho wagandn, warund aud wazige
are very Intelligent especially the former.
young Wagandn, who had travelled In Karagwe
and who went with mo to tho Albert Niyanza. has
oitentimes assonished me by his rcmsrks upon the
Alexandra Nile which he called tho Kage-a fancy
II the Geographical Society had heard him they would
havo voted him silver medal for his intelligent OBJ
servations. As my conversation with him very
interesting will give you his words, nearly
as can remember, what no said about the Kagera.
Master, Sambuzi, my chioi, has sent me 10 you with
his saaams, and he says that the best way Tor you TO
60 70 Muta Nzigc (AlberU Niyanza is by the Kagera"
"why," asked. "is Kasera tho best wayY'
BECAUSE" said he, "Kasera from Muta
Nzgc.''
Nonsense" replied, "Muta Nzige is far below tho
Niyanza OF Uganda; and how eau ascend u
hlliY"
'Master, you white people know great dcal; but
will you tell me where the Kagera comes from?'
and don't know anything Of tho river except what
have seen OF u ut the mouth"
"Master. there Is no river like the Kagera. We Wa
ganda call It the mother Of the river at LIMA Vic
toria NiIel Who're can tho Kagera como from II 1t
docs not como from Muta Nzge? Look at Ns water.
1t Is water OF Niyanza, and much water
cannot come from any mountain. Everybody says II
comes from the Muta Mage"
When turned my back upon the Albert Niyanza l
felt consoled somewhat by this young mans remarks
upon the Kagera. From q score OF persons on the
way to tho Kagcra. heard enough TO create in q
keen desire to view and examine this river. l have
already told you obtained soundings OF TO- So up to
100 Of its bed that It had swift current
and width OF from 100 to 200 yards.
EXPLORATION OF THE IxGEzI.
From Rumap ikn--that gentlc aud most sweet pagan,
whom found moro easy to convert to geographer
than TO Christian-I obtained every assistance by
which was enabled TO explore thoroughly the singu
lar body Of water called lngezi, which is u shallow
lake i've to ten. and fourteen miles wde through
which the Alexandra Nile continues Its rcsstless
with depth OF from forty to sixty ieet
l was enabled, aftor continuing my journey from
R0umanikas, TO obtain q pretty clear view OF
good deal OF the unexplored course Of the Alex
andra Nile. What ] could not see, because OF tho
mountains of Ugufu, was Akanyaru, or Niyanza Cha
Ngoma; but my guides assisted to understand toll
erably well the position OF tho lake. The Akanyaru
u largo lake aud very WIDE 1t required Two days
cross It. mountainous island was situated in tho
middle OF the lake, where voyagers to Ruanda from
Uguiu generally rested night arriving the next day
In kuanda.
Though Ugulu is really largo ISLAND and very noun.
famous native speaks OF It Island. 1t Is sepa
rated the north side from Kshakka ny the Ruvuvu
outlet, and from Unha Cruudi the south by tho
Kagera ind from Ruanda the side by the Alex
andra Niyanza. The OF each afluent from the
lake taken by compass bearings both the punt
OF Observation and at Koza, where obtained conrma-
ton OF what my guides had told Inc.
The natives much confused me when speaking OF
Kvu Lake, sometimes pointing It out In tho direction
OF tho Alexandra N iyanza, and again using the name
Niyanza Cha-NGona; others, again, called 1t by tho
name OF Mkinyaga.
They sometimes represented II rs very large. and
sometimes attempted give idea OF It's extent by
stating that 1t required SO much time TO II in
Countries situated along its shores also
named, which, beng noted down. have assisted to
compare the Information of natives OF KsnakEa with
that furnished by wazige and WarundL Warundi on
the TanQanika say tina. Kivu Lake Is connected with
Akanyaru by marsh, that IL would require a days
march along this marsh-ten or fifteen mics-to pro.
coed from Kivu to Akanyaru; that the Ruszi flows
from the southwest corner Of Kivu TO Tanganika
TIN RUszr.
Wazige who live on tho Rusiz very accurate In
describing the names OF tie streams flowing into tho
RUSH, and unanimously agree with Warund that It Is
an ISSUE Of Kvu Kovoc Lake They also agrco with
warundi that Unyambungu Is on the southwest side
OF kvu. Having ascertaiDed SO much with precis on
It became easy then to connect tho ragmentary in
formation obtHned from n orth Ubba. West Usui and
KishaKka, where tho name Kivu Is not generally
known, and the country OF Unyannungu renders the
solution OF the difficulty.
Mkinyuga Is northwest Of Unyambungu, and to .
person in North Ubba, with his face turned north,
Mk,nyaga said TO be loft OF Kivu, therefore. is stu
atsd wcst OF that lake. and. as Mkinyags Is largo
country, extending to southwest Ruanda until a hrce
days march, would take 4 person TO the Albert
Niyanza. When hearing Of Mkinyaga Lake, We must