740 LIFE OF DA VID LIVINGSTONE, LL.D. 



I could not leave about the king such rebels as would cheat him to-morrow, 

 as they deserted their leaders yesterday. His Majesty promised to send them 

 to my camp, whither in the afternoon he forwarded a good supply of ban- 

 anas, eggs, and flour." 



Stanley's next communication was written in May, 1875, after he had 

 circumnavigated Lake Victoria Nyanza, aud proved it to be what Speke, the 

 first of modern travellers who sighted it, considered it to be, but what Living- 

 stone doubted, one vast inland sea. The little { Lady Alice,' dancing joy- 

 ously over those pale-blue waves, after her long and unnatural journey through 

 the thick forest, has at length settled the question for ever; and science knows 

 now, that Speke's discovery was one of the grandest ever made in Africa. 

 Stanley's chart of the lake, based on his voyage, presents a sea of rhomboidal 

 outline, about two hundred and thirty miles long by some one hundred and 

 eighty broad, the coasts of which, going eastward from the extreme south at 

 Kagehyi, right round to S.S.W., are perfectly defined, and thickly filled in 

 with names of districts, villages, and rivers. The result of this notable voy- 

 age is, as we have said, that the Victoria Nyanza stands displayed as one 

 large and splendid inland sea, receiving from the mouth of the Shimeeyu, 

 and from the west by the Kitangule, the drainage of an enormous watershed; 

 and that the gallant Speke obtains, by the present revelation, that posthum- 

 ous honour which he so well deserved. Brave as a lion, patient as a lamb, 

 gentle and modest as he was true and good, he is now placed for ever in the 

 first rank of the pioneers of civilisation. Stanley's letter will be read with 

 the deepest interest : — 



" Village of Kagehyi, District of Uchambi, 

 Country of Usukuma, May 15, 1875. 



" By the aid of the enclosed map, you will be able to understand the 

 positions and places of the countries mentioned in my last, and of some 

 which I shall be obliged to describe in this letter. It is needless to go over 

 the same ground I described in my letter from Uganda; but since I send you 

 a map, it will be no labour lost again to sketch briefly the characteristics of 

 the countries lying east between Usukuma and Uganda. 



" Between the district of Uchambi, which is in Usukuma, and the Shi- 

 meeyu River, the principal affluent of the Nyanza, lie the pretty districts of 

 Sima and Magu, governed by independent chiefs. On the eastern side of 

 the Shimeeyu is Maganza, a rugged and hilly country, thinly populated, and 

 the resort of the elephant hunters. Beyond Maganza the coast is formed by 

 Manasu, a country similar in feature to Maganza, abounding in elephants. 

 This extends to the eastern extremity of Speke Gulf, when we behold a com- 

 plete change in the landscape. The land suddenly sinks down into a flat 

 marshy country, as if Speke Gulf formerly had extended many miles inland, 

 and I have little doubt, but rather feel convinced, it did. This country is 



