702 The American Naturalist. [August, 
Kagera, a small river emptying into the Nyanza, as thetrüe fount of the 
Nile—its source is esteemed sacred by the Warundi, or natives of 
Urundi, a thickly populated district lying around the head of Lake 
Tanganyika. 
DrarH or Msrpr—The March issue of the Geographical Journal 
contains a résumé ofthe conduct and result of various exploring expedi- 
tions which have penetrated into the district of Garenganze (Msidi’s 
country) since it was visited by Arnot. The whole of this southeastern 
part of the Congo State has been leased to the Katanza Company, and 
no less than five expeditions have reached and explored the upper 
courses of the Lualaba, Lomaine, and Sankaru, the upper part of which 
last is called the Lubilash. Lieutenants Paul le Marinel, Deleommune 
and Capt. W. G. Stairs were the respective commandants of three of 
these. The most important political event has been the death of Msidi, 
and the falling to pieces of hisephemeral empire. Having become old 
and despotic, various chiefs rebelled, and the country became anarchic. 
Msidi asked for aid from M. Delcommune, but that gentleman wisely 
refused. During the stay of Capt. Stairs at the capital, Lieut. Bodson 
was compelled to shoot at and kill Msidiin self-defence, but was at once 
shot by a chief. Capt. Stairs immediately called the chiefs together, 
and persuaded them to accept the flag of the Congo State. At this 
juncture—Captain Dia and his party arrived, and Capt. Stairs, whose 
health had long been failing, took the opportunity of departing for the 
coast, but died at Chinde. The flow of water in the Lualaba is much 
less that in the more eastern Lualaba. Msidi’s * empire " about which 
so much has been written, has therefore endured less than a single 
generation. 
The River Baram and Mt. Dulit, Borneo.—In the Geograph- 
ieal Journal for March, Mr. C. Hose gives an account of a trip up the 
Baram River to Dulit (5100 feet) and the high lands of Borneo. A 
map accompanies the account, and one eminence Kalalong is given at 
7000 feet, while Mr. Hose states that the extinct summit visible must be 
nearly 10,000 feet. An amusing incident was the encounter with a 
musician who was entertaining an assembly by performing upon a flute, 
selingut, with his nose, and eliciting notes clearer than those obtaining 
from the ordinary native flute, ensuling, played with the mouth. The 
musician asserted that when at best, he could draw tears from his 
audience. The lower part of the Baram, which at its embouchure is 
three quarters of a mile wide, and which rolls forth a current sufficiently 
strong to render the sea-water fresh two miles from shore, is flat, with 
Tittle to note save fine palm-trees. The first real high ground begins 
