From Xaples to Entebbe. 



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

 steamer enters a channel between the Sesse Islands and the 

 coast. The Ai'chipelago of Sesse, 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 

 Nyaiiza. Luxuriant forests cover the great islands down to the 

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

 limpid waters. You w(nild esteem it an eartlilv })aradise, yet 

 tliat charming scene conceals unspeakable desolation. The last 

 forlorn remnants of the inhabitants, decimated l)v the dire 

 disease, live mourning for their dailv liereavements and dreading 

 their impending late. 



The Winifred, soon after passing the entrance to Murchison 

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

 about 3.30 p.m.. May 7th. 



The exjDedition had now reached the end of civilized means 

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



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