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no evidence as yet of a cataract. The following 

 boiling-point observation, taken by myself, show 

 that a cataract is scarcely likely if they are 

 correct, and that they probably are so is shown 

 by the comparison of the levels of the Victoria 

 Nyanza, Tanganyika, and Nyassa, with other 

 sources.* 



Kagera river altitudes : — 



Victoria Nyanza 3,900 feet 



Kitoboko 3,986 ,, 



Latoma 4,164 ,, 



Bugufu 4,394 ,, 



Near Mwesi's (a branch) ... 5,050 ,, 



Whether by accident or design, I cannot say, 

 but Dr. Baumann has not, so far as I know, 

 mentioned the possibility of the Kagera being 

 navigable. Obviously the point is one which it 

 would not be to the advantage of the German 

 line to lay stress upon. A beautiful view of the 

 river, however, occurs in his book (p. 80) at a 

 point 138 kilometres, or 84 miles, from Tangan- 

 yika. This was about 35 miles south of the point 

 where I crossed it. 



He makes its height at this place 1,140 metres, 

 that is, 50 metres below the level which he gives 

 (1,190 metres) for the Yictoria Nyanza, so that it 

 is certainly a misprint on his map. 



At a distance of 65 miles, according to his map, 



* See Appendix. 



