From Naples to Entebbe. 



On approaching the north-west corner of the lake, the 

 steamer enters a channel between the Sessé Islands and the 

 coast. The Archipelago of Sessé, where concessions of land have 



NATIVE HUTS AND PLANTAINS. 



been granted to Italian companies for the cultivation of coffee 

 and the collection of rubber, is the jewel of the Victoria 

 Nyanza. Luxuriant forests cover the great islands down to the 

 very brink of the lake, where the foliage is mirrored in the 

 limpid waters. You would esteem it an earthly paradise, yet 

 that charming scene conceals unspeakable desolation. The last 

 forlorn remnants of the inhabitants, decimated by the dire 

 disease, hve mourning for their daily bereavements and dreading 

 their impending fate. 



The Winifred, soon after passing the entrance to Murchison 

 Bay, entered the Bay of Entebbe and came alongside the pier 

 about 3.30 p.m.. May 7th. 



The expedition had now reached the end of civilized means 

 of comnumication, after travelling 4,750 miles in twenty-one days. 



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