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numberless waterfalls hung like threads of white floss-silk from crevices which 

 ran out upon their sides far up among the clouds. Baffled by the raids of 

 the Maviti in 1866, Livingstone could not induce his men to go with him to 

 the north end of Nyassa, and thus he missed seeing that which would have 

 struck him as the most beautiful feature of his old home, as he called the 

 lake. There was but one name to give to these mountains. At its north- 

 ern end they stand like portals to the lake, faced by the opposite mountains ; 

 and as future travellers look upon the Livingstone range, it may aid them to 

 remember the man who during his life, more than any other, added to our 

 knowledge of the hitherto unknown beauties of the earth." 



A violent storm, more like what might be expected on the broad Atlantic 

 than on an inland sea, prevented Mr. Young from doing much in the way of 

 exploring the unknown region at the end of the lake: nevertheless he saw 

 there what he believed to be the mouth of a wide river ; and this opinion 

 was confirmed by what he learned from the natives the next time he landed 

 there. They stated that a river Rovuma or Rooma flows out at the extreme 

 north ; and, for the following reasons, he inclines to believe their statement : 

 — In the first place, Dr. Livingstone heard the same story twenty years ago 

 when he discovered the lake and in quite a different quarter. It will be re- 

 membered by many how sanguine he was that the Rovuma River, which de- 

 bouches on the east coast, was identical with the Nyassa River, and that it 

 would prove to be a second outlet. It may yet prove to be so ; but the dis- 

 covery can be of little use, for the Rovuma ceases to be navigable a short 

 distance from the coast. The second reason for believing the native report 

 is, that in the stormy time, when Mr Young was there, it was very easy to 

 see where rivers ran into the lake. A long current of muddy water would 

 trail out on the dark-blue surface ; in this case, however, there was nothing 

 of the kind ; and it is consequently tolerably clear that no inflow exists. 



Crossing southwards along the western shore of the lake Mr. Young ob- 

 served, instead of the iron-bound coast on the opposite side, exquisite park-like 

 glades between the mountains and the water's edge ; the herds of game merely 

 looked up as the steamer passed, just as sheep raise their heads to gaze at a 

 train, and then went on browsing. In one place a remarkable, detached per- 

 pendicular rock stands four thousand feet high, The top is flat, and the sides 

 give it the appearance of a pyramid from which a large slice of the top has 

 been removed in order to place in position a perfectly square block of a green- 

 ish colour. Beneath this singular summit there is a deep horizontal band of 

 white stone or quartz succeeded by another of clay apparently; and then comes 

 one of intense black, possibly coal, for this mineral is known to all the 

 natives. 



Mr. Young's story of his cruise on Lake Nyassa furnishes undeniable evi- 

 dence of the justness of the name Dr Livingstone gave to this expanse of waters, 



