CHAPTEE XIII. 
JOURNEY FROM UNYORO CAPITAL TO AN EGYPTIAN CAMP, 
NOVEMBER 9 TO DECEMBER 3, 1862 — FLOATING ISLANDS 
ON THE NILE — RIVER SCENES AND CANOE CHASE — THE 
PEOPLE CIVIL AND HOSPITABLE — DWELLINGS AND ORCHARDS 
OF THE NATIVES — WATERFALLS AT KARUMA — FISHING AND 
HIPPOPOTAMUS TRAP — FERRY THE NILE, AND CROSS AN 
UNINHABITED FOREST — JOIN AN ENCAMPMENT OF TURKS. 
My first sail on the river Nile — the White Nile — was 
made upon this journey, but my companion, Captain 
Speke, had sailed on it at Urondogani. We entered 
it on this occasion in a log canoe, a few miles below 
Kamarasrs residence, at the point where the KufTo joins 
it; and we floated upon its sacred waters during a por- 
tion of four days, making the rest of the journey to the 
Falls of Karuma by land, along the left bank. Though 
the mode of transit was not dignified, the water route 
was extremely pleasant, from its novelty and interest. 
Having emerged from the channel of the smaller 
stream, we suddenly found ourselves in a large lake, 
to all appearance without an outlet, being surrounded 
by rushes ; and without a pilot it would have been 
hard for us to guess which direction to take. After 
