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latter are red— both presumably due to Algae. We came 

 back to Albertville for the night, and slept on board, and I 

 bad a delicious bathe next m orning. 



" On Jan. 7th we sailed along the coast southwards for 

 6 hours and returned to Albertville just after dark. As we 

 got more southward the mountains became higher, though 

 still forested, and their irregularity was interesting and 

 beautiful. Opposite us on the east coast, forming the most 

 marked prominence thereof, was a very fine rugged group 

 of mountains, named Kongus, rising to 5000 feet, which 

 through glasses appeared to descend sheer into the lake, and 

 one could see deep ravines and marks of waterfalls. I wished 

 we had been sailing along that side. At the end of our 

 6 hours' run I got an hour ashore and secured a couple of 

 Coprids. both new to me, under cow droppings on the sand 

 [Liatongus planatus, Cast., $, at Cape Tembwe ; Sisyphus 

 crispatus, Gory, <S, at Tembwe Bay]. We had a very pretty 

 pink sunset, and just after dark were met by a sudden 

 thunderstorm which nearly sank the boat we had been 

 towing, but it was secured alongside when the storm came 

 on. It was quite a savage little storm and very noisy, and 

 I was much interested, knowing so well the storms on Victoria ! 



" Next day we returned to Toa, and sailed at 4 p.m. on 

 our way back to Kigoma. For 4 hours we plugged against 

 a heavy head wind and sea and got a good tossing — many 

 on board (including a real sailor, superintendent of the lake 

 ships) being sea-sick, but I much enjoyed the experience. 

 These storms on Tanganyika are much feared by the native . 

 canoemen, who never go far from land, but their dug-outs 

 are very poor sea boats compared to the fine built canoes on 

 L. Victoria. 



" Now a few words about the differences between Victoria 

 Nyanza and Tanganyika. Except for the fact that both 

 contain fresh-water they are as different as they well could 

 be. But even in the water there is a difference, because of 

 the green areas of Tanganyika due to some Alga. The coast- 

 line is very different — Victoria, comparatively 'tame-looking' 

 with low, -flat-topped hills, or marshes of papyrus — Tanganyika 

 with high steep mountains, .and no marshes, and very very 



