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in extren^e length and from one to three miles in width. 

 By boiling point I ascertained it to be at an altitude of 

 3,760 feet' above the ocean, and about 320 feet above 

 Lake Victoria. The extrenie north point of this singular 



lake is north by east from Uhimba, its extreme southern 

 point. Karagwe occupies the whole of its eastern side. 

 South-west it is bounded by Kishakka, west by Muvari, 

 in Ruanda, north-west by Mpororo, north-east by Ankori. 



At the point where Ankori faces Karagwe the lake con- 



, • T^f ^ '* evidently an inconsistency between this statement and the 

 height (3,800 feet) above given for the Victoria Lake. The latter, however, is 

 •I?'' J """p * computation from Stanley's readings. Stanley's observations 

 will no doubt be revised when his readings for Lake Windermere are sent 

 Home. Meantime we must let his statement stand. 



tracts, becomes a tumultuous\noisy river, creates whirl- 

 pools, and dashes itself madly into foam and spray against 

 opposing rocks, till it finally rolls over a wall of rock ten or 

 twelve feet deep with a tremendous uproar — on which ac- 

 count the natives call it Morongo, or the Noisy Falls." 



