CHAPTER XV. 



Stanley and Livingstone at Ujiji — Cruise on Lake Tangan 

 YiKA — Giants of African Discovery — Stani^ey Leaves- 

 Livingstone's Sad and Romantic History — Timeey Ar- 

 rival of Reinforcements from Stanley — Livingstone's 

 Dying Words — The World's Great Hero Dead — Sorrow- 

 ful Procession to the Coast — Body Transported to Eng- 

 land — Funeral in Westminster Abbey — Crowds of 

 Mourners and Eloquent Eulogies — Inscription on the 

 Casket. 



CIVE day later, when much intensely interesting information 

 '■ had been exchanged between the two heroes of travel, the trip 

 to the north of Tanganyika was commenced. Embarking at Ujiji, 

 with a few picked followers, the explorers cruised up the eastern 

 coast, halting at different villages for the night, and on the 29th 

 of November reached, at the very head of the lake, the mouth of 

 the Rusizi river, respecting the course of which great doubt had 

 hitherto been entertained, some geographers supposing it to flow 

 ijifo and others out of the lake. In the latter case Tanganyika might 

 possibly empty its waters through it into the Albert Nyanza of 

 Baker, and the supposition that the two lakes were connected would 

 receive confirmation. 



It will be seen by the observant reader that the reason why 

 such herculean efforts have been made to ascertain the existence 

 and dimensions of the great inland lakes of Africa, was to discover, 

 if possible, the real sources of the Nile, concerning which the world 

 has been for centuries in ignorance. To solve the wonderful secret, 

 explorations have been made that embody the most thrilling achieve- 

 ments, and the most heroic deeds. 



Such giants of African discovery as David Livingstone, Speke 

 and Burton, Stanley and Cameron, seized on Lake Tanganyika with 

 a powerful grip, and in spite of all its slippery wriggling, did not 



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