476 THE WORLD'S WONDERS. 



CHAPTEE XXVH. 



CIRCUMNAVIGATING TANGANIKA LAKE. 



STANLEY was sorely disappointed to find that not a single letter 

 awaited him after an absence of seventeen months. Before 

 leaving Unyanyernbe he had requested the Governor to forward 

 all his mail to Ujiji, but this he had neglected to do. Eager for 

 the news which he knew the letters must contain, he dispatched 

 ten men to Unyanyembe, but they never returned. 



On the llth of June he launched his boat, the "Lady Alice," 

 on the beautiful waters of Tanganika lake, with the intention of 

 circumnavigating it to find its outlet. He also secured a large 

 canoe to carry provisions, and started southward on his voyage 

 of exploration. 



At Urimba he remained two days on the same spot where he 

 and Livingstone had camped four years before. 



In the afternoon of the 19th they came in sight of a village 

 called Kiwesa, which occupied a position on the apex of a high 

 hill. Landing, and making the ascent with the hope of pur- 

 chasing milk, they were astounded to find a population of dead 

 men. Some ruthless enemies had attacked the village a few days 

 before and massacred it& inhabitants, regardless of sex or age; 

 in the streets were seen the bodies of men, women and children, 

 recently killed, many of whom were horribly mutilated with 

 knife and spear. Not a living thing, save one black cat, was to 

 be seen, the desolation being so complete. 



THE WABEMBE CANNIBALS. 



CONTINUING on, nothing occurred to interrupt their journey 

 until July 27th, when, coasting along Burton gulf, near a village 

 on the west bank of the Kasansagara river, they were warned by 

 the people against landing. These were the Wabembe cannibals 

 On nearing the shore the boats were attacked by the cannibals, 

 many of whom hurled heavy stones, while others showed their 

 defiance by striking the ground with their spears, hopping up and 



