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AFRICA AND ITS EXPLORATION. 
FROM ZANZIBAR TO BAGAMOYO. 
CHAPTER IX. 
Round Lake Victoria Nyanza. 
We now come to some of tlie principal episodes in one 
of the greatest expeditions that ever entered Africa. 
We have already seen Stanley exploring Lake Tanganika 
in company with Livingstone. Stanley first entered 
Africa simply as a “ special correspondent,” commis- 
sioned by the New York Herald to find Livingstone. 
He had not, however, been long in the company of the 
great explorer before he was inspired with enthusiasm 
for the opening up of the “ Dark Continent,” and after 
his return from the Ashanti War he persuaded the 
Proprietors of the Daily Telegraph and the New York 
Herald to send him on a r great exploring expedition 
across the Continent. The expedition lasted three 
years, 1874 to 1877, and during its course Stanley 
