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PALMERSTON AND LINCOLN. 
Katanga and the country of Basango. The theory as to 
the form of the continent has a more limited application 
than I thought it had from the observation made in my 
great journey from Loando to Quillimane. The Lualaba 
is the central line of drainage of the great Nile Valley. 
It begins in 10° 12' south, flows through Lake Bangweola, 
then through Lake Moreo, to become itself a great lake 
river, one of the headwaters of the River of Egypt. 
West of this there are two large rivers of the same name. 
These two Lnalabas united form a large lake, Lake Lin- 
coln. I use the names of the two great and good men, 
Palmerston and Lincoln, in loving admiration, as if to 
place my poor garland of love on their tombs. These two 
rivers rise by two fountains, which by anticipation I named 
Bartle Frere’s (he abolished slavery in Scinde, India) and 
Young’s fountains. About ten miles south of these rise 
other two fountains; one is that of the Liamba or Upper 
Zambesi, the other gives rise to the Kafui. These I named 
Palmerston and Oswell, which flow into Zambesi. These 
four fountains are probably the Nile fountains, which were 
desci-ibed to Herodotus as unfathomable, and sending one- 
half of the water to Egypt, the other half to inner Ethiopa. 
I have only to do this part to finish up the whole discovery, 
and I have a sore longing to return homewards. I am 
brought to a stand by my worthless attendants, who, besides 
deserting, become eager slave hunters of their own country- 
men. They had all been slaves and of the criminal class 
in Africa, and went with me only to avoid being enslaved 
again and made to work. Their eager slave-hunting where 
no danger was incurred was to ingratiate themselves with 
the Arabs. Assuredly if the freedmen in America turn 
out well, it will be from having been taught to work, and 
liking it as we do. My worthies had been petted, coddled, 
and allowed to live ki idleness from mistaken kindness, 
and on leaving the school sent me an anonymous letter, 
abusing the master who had fed, clothed, and taught them 
for years. Had we been treated as they were we should 
have been as useless. I have travelled with all sorts of 
