66 APPENDIX. [sect. 



This lake was discovered by Livingstone, 

 Lake Ngami. Oswell and Murray, in August, 1849. Its di- 

 rection, by compass, is N.N.E. by S.S.W. It 

 is from 75 to 100 miles round, and, like the other African 

 lakes, shallow. Its waters are stagnant; fresh when full, but 

 brackish when low, and are the southern end of the great lake 

 and river system which we have just been considering. Our 

 traveller's object in looking for this lake was to visit Sebituane; 

 Sechele suggested the journey; its existence has been known 

 to the natives for half a century. The Bayeige dwell on its 

 banks, which are annually inundated ; the whole lake is ele- 

 vated 2000 feet above the level of the sea. For the pronun- 

 ciation of its name, see Appendix, Sect. III. p. 121. 



This small lake, 7 or 8 miles long, and 4 

 Lake Dilolo. broad, is situated in the country of Katema, an<} 

 was visited by Dr Livingstone in his journeys to 

 and from Loanda. Its chief point of attraction is that of its 

 being a water-shed, dividing its waters between the Atlantic 

 and Indian oceans. A portion flows down the Kasai, Zaire, 

 or Congo, to the west, and another down the Leeba, into the 

 Zambesi, to the east. The Lotembwa, a river a mile wide, 

 which our traveller crossed near to this lake, also flows in two 

 opposite directions 1 . 



_ _ Respecting the rivers, these demand far more 



The Rivers • , •,,,., 



of Central discussion than can possibly be given here. Jbrom 



South Afri- ] iear i n g reports among the natives at Ngami, 

 Dr Livingstone truly concluded that there must 

 be an immense river system to the north of his then position. 

 The hio-her he got north, the more he became convinced of this, 

 both by observation and report. Many of these rivers rise 

 both in the eastern and western ridges. This latter he says 

 gives rise to a remarkable number of rivers ; "Thus, the Quango 

 on the north ; the Coanza on the west ; the Langebongo, which 

 the latest information identifies with the Loeti, and the numer- 

 ous streams which unite and form the Chobe, on its south- 

 1 The letter dated Linyanti. 



