786 LIFE OF DA VID LIVINGSTONE, LL.D. 



of the Victoria Nile to Mpororo, for Unyampaka, Toro, Bubuju, and Irangara, 

 are merely districts of Unyuro. The great promontory of Usongora, which 

 half shuts in Beatrice Gulf, is tributary to Kabba Rega, though governed by 

 Nyika, King of Gambaragara. 



"Usongoro is the great salt-field whence all the surrounding countries 

 obtain their salt. It is, from all accounts, a very land of wonders, but the 

 traveller desirous of exploring it should have a thousand Sniders to protect 

 him, for the natives, like those of Ankori, care for nothing but milk and 

 goatskins. Among the wonders credited to it are a mountain emitting 'fire 

 and stones,' a salt lake of considerable extent, several hills of rock salt, a 

 large plain encrusted thickly with salt and alkali, a breed of very large dogs 

 of extraordinary ferocity, and a race of such long-legged natives that ordinary 

 mortals regard them with surprise and awe. The Waganda, who have 

 invaded their country for the sake of booty, ascribe a cool courage to these 

 people against which all their numbers and well-known expertness with 

 shield and spear were of little avail. They are, besides, extremely clannish, 

 and allow none of their tribe to intermarry with strangers. Their diet con- 

 sists solely of milk. Their sole occupation consists in watching their cows, 

 of which they have an immense number ; and it was to capture some of their 

 herds that the Emperor of Uganda sent one hundred thousand men, under 

 his Prime Minister, to Usongora. The expedition was successful, for by all 

 accounts the Waganda returned to their country with about twenty thousand 

 head ; but so dearly were they purchased by the loss of human life that it is 

 doubtful whether such a raid will again be attempted to Usongora. 



" I propose to rest here a couple of days, and then proceed to Karagwe 

 to discover another road to Lake Albert. 



" P.S. — Our camp on Lake Albert in Unyampaka was situated in E. 

 loDgitude 31° 24' 30" by observation, and N. latitude 0° 25' 0" by account. 

 The promontory of Usongora, due west, was about 15 miles." 



The last instalment of Stanley's despatches at this time appeared in 

 the "Telegraph" of August 14th, 1876. He thus writes:— 



"Kafurro, Arab Depot, near Rumanika's Capital, Karagwe, 

 Central Africa, March 26th, 1876. 

 " Before parting with 'General' Samboozi, I received some fresh unkind- 

 ness from him, which made another cause of complaint to add to that of his 

 refusal to assist in building a fenced camp on Lake Albert. The ' General/ 

 no doubt perceiving that his hopes of reward from me were very slim, under- 

 took to pay himself, and accordingly refused to return three porters' loads of 

 beads given him for carriage, appropriating them for his own benefit. By 

 such a proceeding he became guilty of theft, and, what is worse in Uganda, 

 of disrespect and misbehavior to the emperor's guest, thus laying himself 



