WE NAME THE NEWLY DISCOVERED VOLCANO TELEKI 223 



lake a highly singular chaotic wilderness of ochre-coloured 

 debris, which apparently had been belched forth in more 

 recent times. 



There is, curiously enough, no native name for the whole of 

 the volcanic district lying to the south of Lake Eudolf, and it 

 would seem as if the natives avoided this forbidding region out 

 of timid awe of the sullen powers who hold sway over it. I 

 have, therefore, ventured to give the volcano the name of 

 ' Teleki,' in honour of the leader of our Expedition, as for him 

 it was reserved to bring home the news of this still existing 

 centre of volcanic activity in the Dark Continent. 



In the further course of our march we passed between a 

 low chain of conical hills till we reached the level shore of 

 the lake, by which we camped. As soon as I began the 

 plotting of our route I found that the bearings taken along the 

 line of march were altogether worthless. The masses of 

 magnetic iron had so affected the compass that the needle had 

 been pointing in every direction but the right one. 



This was our last camping-place on Lake Eudolf, and at a 

 little distance from it on the west rose the steep mountain 

 range which alone separated us from the land of the Turkana. 

 We were very anxious to make acquaintance with this people, 

 proofs of whose influence in the Lake Eudolf districts had been 

 given again and again in native accounts of their robber raids. 

 Our previous experiences convinced us that our sudden 

 appearance at a frontier spot, defended by nature from the 

 intrusion of outsiders, would cause no little excitement. But 

 this troubled us not at all ; we had neither time nor desire for 

 diplomacy, absolutely no device was open to us ; go through 

 Turkana we must and would ! 



The fact that we had been peaceably received by the 

 Eeshiat and allowed to leave them quietly had made a deep 

 impression on Lembasso, who asked us what ' medicine ' we 



