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immediately after crossing the Kiriba mountains 

 into the valley of Tanganyika, persisted until I 

 entered the Stevenson Road plateau, and was 

 varied by attacks of the very worst fevers which 

 I ever endured. The Roman Catholic missionaries 

 have had most sad and terrible experience of the 

 deadly nature of the climate. Fever of the very 

 worst kind (haematuric) is prevalent, and the water 

 of the lake is, I am convinced, most dangerous. 

 It is only at Kituta, where a good stream of fresh 

 water exists, that even moderate health is pre- 

 served ; and the London Missionary Society 

 have, I understand, very rightly decided that their 

 stations should be removed to hills and plateaux 

 some distance from the lake. Fortunately the 

 steamer which obliged them to remain near the 

 lake will now be used for ordinary purposes, 

 where it will be of inestimable value, and my 

 kind friends at Niamkoria will soon shift their 

 position to some less trying spot. 



As for the water, I cannot understand Captain 

 Hore's remarks. The taste is like nothing in the 

 world except itself, and that Dr. Frankland should 

 report it as " much the same as Thames water, 

 but with very much less organic impurity," is to 

 me inconceivable. No one can fail to perceive the 

 white incrustation which the lake water has left 

 on the rocks bordering the shore. If I had known 

 that no analysis had been published, I should cer- 

 tainly have brought some home with me ; and I 



