362 General Notes, ` [April 
. J. A. Wray has reached the water-edge of the picturesque 
crater lake Chala, on Mount Kilimanjaro. There is but one spot, 
on the west side, where this small lake, which is surrounded by 
wooded banks one thousand feet high, can be reached. The 
water is clear, cool, and sweet, there is no mark of higher water, 
and no apparent inlet or outlet. 
A monthly mail has been established between Zanzibar and 
the stations of the London Missionary Society on Lake Tan- 
anyika 
Dr. Rousjie believes that he has been able to identify all the 
peaks of Central Tunis mentioned by Ptolemy and to confirm his 
hydrography. 
Mr. J. T. Last has travelled from Blantyre to the Namuli Hills, 
Limb; 
panied from Zanzibar to the Congo by Tippoo Tip, and expects 
the restoration of the falls through time. ature states that 
upon his arrival at Stanley Falls with the first contingent of 
about two hundred and fifty of his men, Stanley will at once 
proceed to Emin Bey, taking with him probably a reinforcement 
from Tippoo Tip. : 
century, visited this lake, and it appears that it is identical 
Lake Rang-Kul, recently visited by Mr. Ney Elias in his 
across the Pamir from Yengi-hissar to Shignan. This 
opinion of Sir H. Rawlinson. The banks of the 
i with salts, yet the waters are sweet. A tribu- 
