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27° west of south.” He believes that the ice-marks were made b 
glaciers rather than by floating ice (though there are still a few linger- 
ing supporters of the iceberg theory), thus substantiating, by the results 
of two summers’ travels in Newfoundland, the observations made by the 
undersigned during two summers’ travels along the coast of Labrador. — 
A. S. PACKARD, Jr. 
GEOGRAPHY AND EXPLORATION. 
EXTRACTS FROM STANLEY’S Last LETTERS FROM CENTRAL ÅFRICA. 
—From one of the many spurs of Kabuga we obtained a passing 
glimpse of the king of mountains, Gambaragara, which attains an alti- 
tude of between thirteen thousand and fifteen thousand feet above the 
ocean, Snow is frequently seen, though not perpetual. On its summits. 
dwell the chief medicine men of Kabba Rega,a people of European 
complexion. i 
Some half-dozen of these people I have seen, and at sight of them I 
was reminded of what Mukamba, king of Uzige, told Livingstone and 
myself respecting white people who live far north of his country. They 
area handsome race, and some of the women are singularly beautiful. 
Their hair is kinky, but inclined to brown in color. Their features are 
regular, lips thin, but their noses, though well-shaped, are somewhat 
thick at the point. Several of their descendants. are scattered through- 
out Unyoro, Ankori, and Ruanda, and the royal family of the latter 
powerful country are distinguished, I am told, by their pale complexions. 
: The queen of Sasua Islands, in the Victoria Nyanza, is a descendant of 
1s tribe. 
Whence came this singular people I have had no means of ascertain- 
ing except from the Waganda, who say that the first king of Unyoro 
Bave them the land around the base of Gambaragara Mountain, wherein 
oigh many vicissitudes they have continued to reside for ou 
On the approach of an invading host they retreat to the summit of the 
‘Mountain, the intense cold of which defies the most determined of their 
E elles, 
: The geographical knowledge we have been able to 
_ forcible push to the Albert Nyanza is considerable. ny 
7 sn au Separating the great reservoirs of the Nile, the Victoria and 
` Albert Nyanzas, the structure of the mountains and ridges, and the 
a "ourse of the water-sheds, and the course of the rivers Katonga and 
its n have been revealed. The great mountain a 
: pee people have been discovered, besides a porti ce 
ag which I have taken the liberty to call, in honor of her 
- Highness Princess Beatrice, Beatrice Gulf. i 
This gulf, almost a lake by itself, is formed by the promontory 0 
” ‘ongora, which runs southwest some thirty miles from a point ten g0- 
 Saphical miles north of Unyampaka. The eastern coast of the gulf is 
acquire by our 
The lay of the 
