562 General Notes. [September, 
M’tesa, who furnished him with a large escort of Uganda spearmen, he 
crossed the country to the Albert Lake, traversing the lofty, mountain- 
ous region of Gambaragara, which was only seen by Speke in the dis- 
tance. The latter estimated the altitude of the highest peak at ten thou- 
sand feet above the sea; but Stanley scaled the highlands dividing the 
two great lakes, and there discovered a new tribe of natives, of whom we 
only learn as yet that they are “ pale-faced.” This expression must not 
be taken too literally, yet the discovery is of very great interest in an 
ethnological point of view. i 
No dates are given of this journey, but Stanley appears to have 
reached the Albert Lake in December last. He encamped on a large 
bay or inlet, to which he gave the name of the Princess Beatrice, and 
after a short stay returned to Uganda without having made any naviga- 
tion of the lake. This fact probably explains why M. Gessi, in April of 
this year, failed to obtain any news of Stanley’s visit. The letter de- 
scribing the journey was dated from Kawanga, near M’tesa’s capital, on 
the 18th of January last. The next news is from Kanfurra, a point not 
yet located on the maps, March 26th. It is probably somewhere in the 
dominions of King Rumanika, who showed such favor to Speke and 
Grant, for Stanley speaks of having explored the Kageera River, à 
western tributary of the Victoria, the lake called Windermere by Speke, 
and the hot springs of Karagwe. The fifth and last letter was written 
on the 24th of April, in the now familiar region of Unyamwezi, and 
within easy reach of the little port of Ujiji, on Lake Tanganyika, where 
Stanley met Livingstone. His intention was to reach the northern eX 
tremity of the lake, and then cross to the southern end of the Albert 
Nyanza, thereby definitely settling another important geographical ques- 
tion. He was in good health, and still amply provided with men and 
supplies. — New York Tribune. : 
CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF LAKE ALBERT NYANZA.— At alate meeting 
of the Royal Geographical Society, a letter from General Stone, on 
The Circumnavigation of the Lake Albert Nyanza, by M. Gessi, Was 
read. The points of importance in M. Gessi’s paper we 
Albert Nyanza is one hundred and forty miles long and fift 
that in the east there is a river flowing into the lake which is 
fidently believed to be one of the sources of the Nile. This, 
Alcock said, was a most important result of M. Gessi’s expediti 
made it quite clear that the White Nile issued from the Lake A 
Nyanza. Sir Samuel Baker had written to him (Sir. R. Alcock) indors- 
ing the importance of M. Gessi’s discoveries, which had established ie 
that for eighteen centuries had baffled all the geographers of the wor 
