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DISAPPOINTMENT. 



stream. The rains were still heavy ; but as our 

 supplies were running short, we resolved to 

 make the attempt in any way. Kannena, the 

 Chief of Ujiji, proved himself an ill-disposed and 

 ungovernable savage, ever attempting to thwart 

 our plans, and evidently holding that we were 

 quite at his mercy. But wishing to bring ivory 

 from Uvira, he was persuaded to escort us with 

 two canoes. Our excursion northwards occupied 

 15 days, eight being the usual time ; and it was 

 not a 'pleasure-trip.' 



At Uvira my hopes of discovering the 

 "Western Nile Keservoir, and of solving the pro- 

 blem which has puzzled some 30 centuries, were 

 rudely dashed to the ground. The Warundi 

 savages, who had stopped Ilamid near the 

 northern end of the lake, were hostile to the 

 Wajiji, and we could not proceed to the north 

 Avhere the mountains walling-in the water seemed 

 to converge. Similarly the second expedition, 

 during five months spent with the King of Ugande, 

 was unable to sight the ' Victoria Nyanza,' 

 distant five hours' walk. Capt. Speke ascended 

 perhaps 150 feet, but from so low an altitude he 

 could obtain no general view of the land north of 

 the Tanganyika, and he laid down a narrow valley. 

 Presently receiving a visit from the three stalwart 



