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—nay, has even shaken under the ponderous weight of the civilized elephant. 
Still, though driven from my projected scheme, my march from Jendwe has not 
been valueless. Passing around the south end of Tanganyaka along the shore 
as far as the mouth of the Kilambo, then striking about N. NE. through Ulungu 
and Fipa, we reached by easy ascents the town of Kapufi, situated in lat. 8S and 
long. 32.25 E. Best of all, however, while at this place I had the honor to set- 
tle the problem of Lake Hikwa, or rather Likwa, and give it some shape and 
place in our maps. It has run itself in the hearsay accounts of successive trav- 
elers into various protoplasmic shapes, and, will-o’-the-wisp like, danced about on 
the map to the tunes of various geographers. I, of course, saw only a part of it, 
but from what I could gather it must be from 60 to 70 miles in length and 15 to 
20 in breadth. It lies two days east of Makapuli, in a deep depression of the 
Lambalimfipa Mountains. A large river called the Mkafa, which rises in Kawen- 
di, and which by its tributaries drains the greater part of Khonongo and Fipa and 
Mpimbwe, falls into it. I can almost say with certainty that it has no outlet, 
certainly not any toward the west. The Kilambo rises near Kapufi. I was sur- 
prised and pleased to find that my bearings and estimated distances, as laid down 
on my sketch map every two days, had actually brought me within one or two 
miles of Tabora as laid down by Speke and Cameron. I can hardly, however, 
call it anything but a curious coincidence.” 
‘¢ To the Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society. 
‘¢ ZANZIBAR, July 19. 
‘¢ Dear Sir—I have the honor and pleasure to inform you of the safe arrival 
of the Society’s expedition at Zanzibar, in all respects in good condition. Chuma, 
and my second headman, Makatuba, have worked like heroes, and I should, 
indeed, be but a poor mortal if I did not acknowledge the fact that the success 
of the expedition has been to a large extent due to them. Indeed, I can claim 
but little merit, as the men were all imbued with the idea that I was put specially 
under their care by the Baluya (Dr. Kirk) to be taken carefully and safely round 
‘Central Africa, and then returned safely to Dr. Kirk, to whom they considered 
themselves responsible for my well-being. As I am just following in the wake 
of this letter, I have not attempted to enter into any details, awaiting more leis- 
ure and the advice of competent men before attempting to put much of my work 
‘together. My caravan work has been too much to allow of my making any 
extensive collections in natural history, but I have still been able to gather a few 
plants and shells by the wayside, which Dr. Kirk thinks will prove to be inter- 
esting and valuable. I am now occupied in paying off my men and settling all 
accounts, previous to my departure for England, which will be by the mail 
leaving on the 28th. 
‘“Vours obediently, 
‘¢ JosEPH THOMSON.” 
Sir Henry added that any praise of commendation of the young traveler was 
almost superfluous. The brave and cheerful spirit in which he described his 
