



THE MOON MOUNTAIN. 



A few words concerning tlie Moon Mountain, 

 in which are the Ptolenieian Nile sources. It is 

 placed in S. lat. 12'' 30', which, by applying 

 the reduction as before proposed, we should 

 convert to S. lat. 6° 30', and between East long. 

 hi"" and 67"", which, if taken from S. Antonio 

 (Antao), as the late Mr Hogg suggested, would 

 be = E. long. G. 30'' to ^O."" Its northern slope 

 drains to the lake under the parallels of S. lat. 



and 7", and separated by about 8"" of meridional 

 distance. In many maps is added a third, or 

 equatorial lake, which may be the Bahari- 

 ngo, or Baringo, and indeed in chap. xvii. (lib. i.) 

 we find a plural form rag xZ/tva^, possibly showing 

 a knowledge of two large and sundry smaller 

 features. The great Unyamwezi Upland, using 

 the name at its fullest extent, is bounded both 

 north and south by huge latitudinal blocks and 

 chains of mountains. The equatorial is the 

 Highland of Karagwali, extending eastward to 

 the iEthiopic Olympus Kilima-njaro. The south- 

 ern, corresponding with Ptolemy's parallels, is the 

 great chain and plateau, whose apex is the Serra 

 Muxinga or Muchingwe, named by the explorer 

 Dr de Lacerda Cordelheira Antonina, in honour 

 of his prince. Lying in about S. lat. 12^ this 

 feature, ranging from 3000 to 6000 feet high, 



