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to Uganda Avhen he could have taken the short 

 and safe direct route — across the middle of his 

 lake — via Umasai and TJsoga, by which an 

 Arab caravan had travelled. 



The third water is evidently the Xyanza, of 

 which I first heard at Kazeh, whence Captain 

 Speke was despatched on a reconnoitre between 

 J uly 9th and August 25th, 1858. After return- 

 ing, he reported that this water, being nearly 

 flash with the surface of the level country to the 

 south, bears signs of overflowing for some 13 

 miles during the rains. The second expedition 

 showed no traces of flood on the marshy lands to 

 the north and X. West of the lake. This fact, 

 combined with 400 feet difi^erence of level in the 

 surface of the ' Victoria Nyanza,' speaks for it- 

 self. We are justified in suspecting a fourth 

 lake, along whose banks Capt. Spoke travelled 

 northwards to Uganda ; and there must be more 

 than one, if all his effluents be correctly laid 

 down. 



Briefly to resume. Mr Wakefield's very 

 valuable notes teach us — 



1. That the Barinsjo is a lake distinct from 

 the ' Victoria Xyanza,' with a northern efiluent, 

 the Nyarus, and therefore it is fresh water. 



2. That the Nyanja, Ukara, Ukerewe, Ga- 



