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inhabitants are not far off. Yams (Dioscorea alatct) are 

 cultivated here, and rattan is not uncommon. The people 

 speak the Luri dialect. When I asked them the name of the 

 lake they replied, " Nan Madduong " (Great Water) ; the 

 name " Mwutan-Nzige' " is only used in Unyoro ; in Uganda 

 this name is hardly understood. 



We started on our return voyage at 4 P.M., and arrived at 

 our station at 8.38 P.M. 



As official duties called me to the north, I was obliged to 

 leave this interesting land. We hugged the shore, and fog 

 again prevented me from making many observations. We 

 passed many large boats, propelled with two to six large 

 paddles. At 11.30 a.m. we were exactly opposite the mouth 

 of the Victoria Nile, and half an hour later we entered the 

 Bahr-el-Jebel, the banks of which were again enlivened by 

 numerous herds of antelopes. I saw here a small hawk with 

 very long pointed wings, dark grey upon the upper surface, 

 white underneath. Perhaps it is the Chelidojpteryx Riocourii ; 

 it flew in pairs. We halted for the night at 4.55 P.M. to 

 the south of Wadelai, in the proximity of many villages 

 and durrah fields. Wood was immediately brought by the 

 natives for sale. The most remarkable, but most useless of 

 the natives was a man who carried about as a trophy a small 

 looking-glass hung to a bent stick ; he inconvenienced every- 

 body by reflecting the sun into their eyes. I had formerly 

 given this glass to Wadelai's brother. I was told that six 

 days' march from here towards the west there is a large river 

 flowing to the west ; it is called Wai. 



As the question of the existence of a river flowing from 

 here towards the west, although apparently answered by Dr. 

 Junker's journey, is still disputed by others, I went from here 

 to Bora, where a chief is said to live who knows this western 

 river. After finding him (he is named Libba), and obtaining 

 him as a guide by the aid of a small present, he took me to a 

 place where we only found a broad bay without any outlet to 

 the west. A Dongolaui then offered to guide us, and led us 

 up-stream for about three miles to an enormous papyrus wall, 

 which he indicated as the place of outlet. Near by, a little to 

 the south, lies a small Madi village, which we visited. The 



