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sailor, who said he had been there before, induced 

 me to try and pass between a little islet and the 

 shore, and in trying to do this we ran on a ledge 

 of rocks. A strong wind and tide was blowing us 

 on to this ledge, and I never thought we should 

 get off. All our poles broke, and the whole crew 

 were turned into the water to keep her from being 

 broken to pieces on the rocks. At last the waves 

 went down sufficiently to enable us to force the 

 dhow back and get her round the islet. 



Soon after this we reached another French 

 station at Kala ; I was almost dead by this time, 

 but the extreme kindness of the missionaries, and 

 a bottle of wine which they gave me from a very 

 scanty store, enabled me to pursue the journey 

 and at last to reach Kituta. Here, to my inexpres- 

 sible delight, I found myself amongst my fellow- 

 countrymen, who gave me the best they had, 

 played music to me, and told me stories. Mr. 

 Law could not possibly have been kinder to me. 



The history of Tanganyika seems to have been 

 rather needlessly confused. Commander Cameron 

 discovered the outlet by the Lukuga river into the 

 Congo ; Mr. Stanley eventually confirmed this 

 discovery. 



As for the theory of a former barrier between 

 Kahangwa and Kungwe, and that the northern 

 half of Tanganyika was of a later formation than 

 the southern, no evidence worth mentioning is 

 brought forward by Mr. Stanley, and certainly 



