718 LIFE OF DA VID LIVINGSTONE, LL.D. 



they were flung aside in the forest by the Bari and afterwards found by the 

 detachment sent on by Gordon, is not known ; but their tattered, soiled, blood- 

 stained condition when they reached England, indicated that they had been 

 thrown away by the ignorant and superstitious savages, and had lain for 

 some time in the African jungle. The particulars given regarding the King 

 of Uganda and his people cannot fail to inspire all friends of Africa with 

 the liveliest interest. Our traveller thus writes : — 



"Ulagalla, Mtesa's Capital, Uganda, E. long. 32° 49' 45", 

 N. Lat. 0° 32', April 12, 1875. 

 " I write this letter in haste, as it is the record of a work begun, and 

 not ended — I mean the exploration of the Victoria Nyanza. But brief as it 

 necessarily must be, I am sure it will interest thousands of your readers, for 

 it solves the great question, 'Is the Victoria Nyanza one lake, or does 

 it consist of a group of lakes, such as Livingstone reported it ?' 



" In answer to the query, I will begin by stating that I have explored, 

 by means of the ' Lady Alice,' nearly the whole of the southern, eastern, and 

 north-eastern shores of the Victoria Nyanza ; have penetrated into every bay, 

 inlet, and creek, that indent its shores, and have taken thirty-seven observa- 

 tions, so that I feel competent to decide upon the question at issue, with- 

 out bias or prejudice to any hypothesis. I have a mass of notes relating to 

 the countries visited, and ample means of making a proper chart at my camp 

 at Usukuma, but I have with me at present neither paper, parallel rules, or 

 any instrument whatever to lay down the positions I have taken. I only 

 brought hither an artificial horizon, sextant chronometer, two aneroids, boil- 

 ing-point apparatus, sounding line, a few guns, ammunition, and some provi- 

 sions, as I wished to keep the boat as light as possible, that she might work 

 easily in the storms of the Nyanza. But when I reach camp I propose to 

 draw a correct chart of the Nyanza, and to write such notes upon the several 

 countries I have visited as will repay perusal and study. 



" I have already informed you that our camp at Kagehyi, in Usukuma, 

 is situated E. long. 33° 13', and S. lat. 2° 31'. Before starting on the explor- 

 ations of the lake, I ascertained that Muanza was situated a few miles west, 

 almost on the same parallel of latitude as Kagehyi. Now, Muanza is the 

 point whence Speke observed the Victoria Nyanza, and where he drew his 

 imaginary sketch of the lake from information given to him by the natives. 

 If you will look at Speke's map you will find that it contains two islands — 

 Ukerewe and Maziti. Looking at the same objects from Kagehyi I should 

 have concluded that they were islands myself; but a faithful exploration 

 of the lake has proved that the latter is not insulated, but a lengthy 

 promontory of land extending from E. long. 34° 45f ' to E. long. 32° 40' 15". 

 That part. of the lake which Speke observed from Muanza, is really an 



