SS2 PROPOSAL. 



the Map includes a section of Southern Africa, hitherto 

 either imperfectly described or entirely unknown, and was 

 compiled during- my expedition from personal observation, 

 and from authentic information afforded by missionaries 

 and intelligent traders, upon whose accuracy I could rely. 



I beg-j however, particularly to solicit the attention of the 

 Society, to the fact of my having* penetrated to a spot 

 which was described as being' not more than six weeks' or 

 two months' journey from that g'reat Inland Lake, the 

 actual existence of which, between the Equator and the 

 Tropic of Capricorn, was first satisfactorily established by 

 Dr. Smith's expedition in 1885 — and that every circum- 

 stance conspiring- to favour the successful continuation of 

 my journe}", I was only deterred from making* the attempt 

 to reach that remarkable point in the desert, towards which 

 g-eogTaphical attention has been so long" directed, by the 

 fear of exceeding- the limits of my furloug'h from India. 



For reasons of his own, which will readily be understood 

 from a perusal of my narrative, it will be seen that Mo- 

 selekatse was particularly anxious that I should proceed 

 to the northward, instead of returning* by the Yaal River * 

 and to that end volunteered me every assistance. My 

 oxen were in the finest condition, and the recent heavy 

 rains having- filled the pools in the desert, upon which my 

 supply of water must entirely have depended, it was with 

 no common feelings of disappointment and reg*ret that I 



