448 THE WORLD'S WONDERS, 



expedition across the Dark Continent. Although in the wilds of 

 Africa when death struck him down, young Pocock had a Chris- 

 tian burial, and a brother and loving companions laid their trib- 

 utes on his grave. He was buried by the foot of a large tree 

 on which was cut the emblem of his faith, a cross, and there he 

 rests, under the moving shadows of the swaying branches. 



ON THE VICTORIA LAKE. 



UPON reaching a village situated nearly midway between Baga- 

 moyo and Ujiji, Stanley left the route by which he had previously 

 traveled and took a due north course, by which he reached Vic- 

 toria lake on the 28th of February. The camping-place was at 

 a village called Kagehyi, where provisions were plentiful enough 

 but not obtainable except at a high price. This was the place 

 where Speke first viewed the lake, and his stay there served to 

 give the natives an idea of values, and made Stanley a victim to 

 their extortions ; but unpleasant things had to be endured, and it 

 was important that the friendship of Prince Kaduma, who ruled 

 that country, should be secured. 



On the second day after the arrival the Lady Alice was pre- 

 pared for sea, Stanley being determined to circumnavigate the 

 lake. Kaduma declared the lake was so large that it would 

 require years to cross it, while along its northern shores lived 

 tribes so ferocious that no stranger dared approach them ; some 

 of these people were gifted with tails ; others trained enormous 

 and fierce dogs, while others preferred human flesh to all other 

 kinds of meat. These superstitious fears had such an effect 

 upon Stanley's men that, when he called for volunteers to accom- 

 pany him on the voyage, not a single one came forward. Per- 

 suasion being of no avail, he was compelled to conscript ten of 

 the young guides enlisted at Bagamoyo, who were boatmen, and 

 on the 8th of March the lake voyage was begun. Five miles 

 from Kagehyi they came to tne village of Igusa, where, by offer* 

 of large rewards, a fisherman named Saramba, who had been 

 much on the lake, was engaged as guide. 



Interesting sights were often presented to view, but incident* 

 of adventure were few. Hippopotimi, crocodiles, and monitors 



