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never was called " Kiiisainha,"' which name, if it exists at ail, is tlit- 

 designation of a forgotten village on its banks. The natives call this 

 sheet of water " Dweru," which simply means " the white," and is a term 

 applied to Lake Albert Edward and Lake Albert Nyanza l)v the J^>antu- 

 speaking folk who dwell in the vicinity. "-Kru" is a verv old and wide- 



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Spread Bantu root for " white," and is constantly ap[ilied to large sheets of 

 water, which of course, seen from a distance, do look white in the natives' 

 eyes, as no Negro tril^e untouched by European or Arab influence has any 

 word for blue, but considers light blue to be white and dark blue to be 

 black. This root "-eru" reappears in Lake Mweru, far to the south, beyond 

 Tanganyika. INIweru is a very common name given to all the great 



