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to the Lake's name, yet I was assured in the Memoir above 

 alluded to (p. 7) that nothing can be ' more ridiculous ' 

 than my explanation of Tanganyika. Even in philological 

 details of the Kisawahili dialect Mr Wakefield agrees 

 with me. He writes, for instance, Udogo (Notes, p. 313), 

 Ugala (Footprints, p. 67, 68), and Ulangulo (Ibid. p. 63). 

 I was assured in the Memoir (p. 9) that U is prefixed to 

 the names of countries only by Dr Krapf and Captain 

 Burton — this, too, after I had for years been talking of 

 Europe as Uzungu, literally, Land of white men. Mr 

 Wakefield speaks of Wasamba, of Wasawahili (or Wa- 

 Sawahili), and of Wanyamwezi, thus sanctioning the use of 

 Wamrima, continental men, and Wakilima, hill-men. He 

 adopts Kisawahili, Kikwavi, Kimasai, and so forth, prefix- 

 ing an adjectival particle ' Ki ' to the root, and denoting 

 chiefly dialect, yet I was assured by Mr Cooley (Memoii', 

 p. 9) that ' Ki ' has never an adjectival form. I may now 

 invite the author of Inner Africa Laid Open to revise the 

 verdict (Memoir, p. 7) which pronounces me ' totally ignor- 

 ant ' of the language of which I affect to be master. 



It may be deemed trivial to dwell upon these philological 

 minutice, but, firstly, nothing is unimportant when it 

 affects the accuracy of a traveller, especially of an explorer, 

 in the smallest matters of detail. Secondly, without an 

 exact nomenclature all topographical literature must be 

 imperfect and of scant value. And, finally, as Mr Cooley 

 and I have been differing upon these points for the last ten 

 years, it is well that the portion of the public which takes 

 an interest in the subject should see who is right and who 

 is not. I have no personal feeling in the matter ; and if 

 the ' Geographer of N'yassi ' will bring, as I have done, inde- 

 pendent testimony to bear upon the points in question, and 



