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ankle, where it is 20 miles, and broadens gradually to 50 or 60 miles. 
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towards the north; where Dr. Livingstone turned, it disappears altogether. 
The depth of the Jake is readily to be traced by the changing color of 
its surface. A belt of bright green water fringes the shore, and varies in 
found insufficient to reach the bottom one mile from shore. e tem 
perature of the water is 72° Fahrenheit; its rise in the rain 
3 feet. Five affluents were seen on its western coast, of inconideaa 
aoe their united volume was far inferior to that of the waters of 
Shiré. 
Natives, of essentially one tribe and language, throng the southern 
portion of the lake. Their villages are so close together as frequently to 
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men and good cultivators of the land : they were reasonably civil to Dr 
goons party, and exacted no dues for the right of Shoo” ( The 
he Niassa for the purpose of checking this traffic as far as may be PAS 
ticable, and also with the object of further exploration.” 5 
EXPLORATION OF THE RIVER VERMEJO, IN THE ARGENTINE — 
CONFEDERATION—Mr. Porter ©. Buiss.-_The Argentine Con 
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with Mr. Bliss, we shall look with seiseniet ie a fall 
tic statement of his observations. ee 
