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THE UKARA LAKES. 



terior neither tribes nor individuals trust them- 

 selves in strange lands, especially when they 

 had a chance of meeting the Wasuku. A lake 

 120 direct geographical miles in length, that is 

 to say, a little shorter than the Baringo is sup- 

 posed to be, will amply satisfy all requirements 

 in this matter. Einally, if Sadi's report be cor- 

 rect, namely, that eight or nine years ago (before 

 1867 ?) a large vessel with sails, and a crew of 

 white egg-eaters — Africans have learnt by some 

 curious process to connect Europeans with 

 oophagy — navigated the waters, it is evident 

 that this lake cannot be Captain Speke's Ny- 

 anza, and that the visitors cannot have made it 

 via his ' White Nile,' with its immense obstruc- 

 tions. Eut it may be that of which he heard 

 (Journal, p. 333) from the ' Kidi officers,' who 

 reported a high mountain to rise behind the Asua 

 (Nyarus ?) river, and the existence of a lake 

 navigated by the Gallas in very large vessels. 

 We now understand why King Mtesa (p. 291) 

 offered to send the traveller home in one month 

 by a frequented route, doubtless through the 

 Wamasai and the other tribes living between the 

 Nyanja and the Nyanza. Thus Irungu, Chief of 

 Uganda, expressed his surprise (Journal, p. 187) 

 that Captain Speke had come all the way round 



