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expedition forced its way to the unknown Lake Tanganyika, 

 in spite of the illness of both its leaders, and Speke crossed 

 the lake from Kabogo to Kasenge, reporting to Burton his 

 belief that he had seen the so-called ^Mountains of the 

 Moon to the northward. It was necessary to return to 

 Kaze to recruit, and there Speke persuaded Burton to allow 

 him to push on to the still larger northern lake, of the 

 existence of which they had been informed. 



Leaving the camp on July 9th, 1858, with a small band of 

 followers, Speke succeeded in obtaining a good view of the 

 lake on August 3rd, and named it the Victoria Nyanza. On 

 his return to Kaze, Burton did not fully credit the fact that he 

 had discovered the sources of the Nile, and a coolness arose 

 between the two friends, which resulted in Speke^s return to 

 England in 1859, where he duly reported to the Royal 

 Geographical Society and lectured on the discovery of the 

 two lakes at Burlington House. Sir Roderick Murchison 

 was at that time President of the Society, and he promptly 

 arranged for a further expedition under Speke's command, 

 a proceeding which Burton seems to have resented on his 

 arrival — the rupture being accentuated by the publication by 

 the latter of his work on ' The Lake Regions of Equatorial 

 Africa.' Speke nevertheless returned to Africa with an 

 Indian fellow-officer, Capt. J. H. Grant, being instructed by 

 the aforesaid Society to verify his results and explore the 

 Victoria Nyanza. They proceeded on September .20th, 1860, 

 from Zanzibar to Kaze, and, in spite of illness and the 

 attacks of the natives, penetrated again from Tanganyika to 

 the northern lake ; thence they pushed on to Uganda, where 

 King Mtesa shewed himself fairly friendly. Kamrasi, king 

 of Unyoro, on the other hand, was hostile, and it was with 

 difficulty that Speke marched through his land to Urondogani 

 on the Nile, which he reached on July 21st, 1862. Subse- 

 quently he followed that river to the spot where it leaves the 

 Victoria Nyanza and named it the Ripon Falls. Mtesa 

 would only allow a hasty survey, and Speke left with a few 

 boats, but he was obliged to land in Unyoro and proceed to 

 the palace of Kamrasi, who detained him for a considerable 



