FROM LADO TO DUFILE. 



European wood could withstand the climatic influences or the 

 ravages of the boring beetles. The amount of destruction 

 caused by these beetles (a small brown Bostrichus species with 

 a strongly developed thorax) is almost incredible, whole trunks 

 of trees being transformed by them into powder in a marvel- 

 lously short space of time. 



The country between Beden and Kiri does not present any 

 remarkable features. Sandy mounds, with here and there 

 scattered trees, rise gradually towards the south. The river- 

 banks, however, were considerably higher than formerly, and 

 literally covered by water-birds. Stately yabirus (Mycteria) 

 and cranes, as well as Nile geese of both species, stood in pairs 

 upon the small sandy islands and at the confluences of the 

 streams, and we saw numbers of tantalus, ibis, vanellus, &c, 

 and the never-failing Hyas cegyptiacus. 



After a successful journey of six and a half hours, we arrived 

 at Kiri, where I received an extremely warm welcome from 

 Mason Bey, who had just returned from surveying the Albert 

 Lake. According to the friendly account he gave me, the 

 lake was circumnavigated and surveyed on board the steamer 

 Nyanza in five days. Its southern end was found to be 1° io' 

 N. lat., its most westerly shore 30° 3c/ E. long. There is no 

 outflow towards the west. Mason Bey will send you full par- 

 ticulars as well as a map. Gessi's river Wadelai was not found. 

 I also sought it in vain last year. 



I send you the definite latitudes of our stations, for which I 

 have to thank Colonels Mason and Prout : — 



Col. Mason. 

 Col. Prout. 

 Col. Mason. 



Col. Prout. 

 Col. Mason. 



Laclo, 



5° 



Ol' 



33*" 



N. lat 



55 



5° 



oo' 



52" 



55 



Beden, 



4° 



35' 



48" 



55 



Kiri, 



4° 



18' 



12" 



55 



Muggi, 



4° 



oS' 



36" 



55 



Lahore, 



3° 



55' 



S3" 



55 



Dufile, 



3° 



34' 



35" 



55 



Magungo, 



2° 



14' 



43" 



55 



5) 





 2 



13' 



54" 



55 



31° 31' 45" E- long. 



Col. Prout. 



As I already intimated to you, the sketch map I sent you is 

 in need of many alterations, because the positions on it were 

 obtained by dead reckoning. The corrections are especially 



