ROUND ^ LAKE VICTORIA NYANZA. 175 
solved some of the most important of the remaining 
problems in African geography ; among them was the 
greatest of all, the course of the mysterious river Congo. 
The expedition, consisting of Mr. Stanley, the two 
brothers Pocock, and a young man named Barker, with 
a small army of natives, left Bagamoyo in November, 
1874. It travelled westwards and northwards, until it 
reached the south shore of the Victoria Nyanza, or 
Lake Victoria, in the end of February, 1875 ; the 
country in which they found themselves when they 
reached the lake was Kageliyi. The extent and shape 
of the great lake discovered by Speke fifteen years 
before, was very imperfectly known ; and one of 
Mr. Stanley’s great tasks was to circumnavigate its 
waters and lay down its correct contour on the map. 
His account of the voyage, full of interest, is as 
follows : — 
We all woke up on the morning of the 28th of 
February with a feeling of intense relief. There were 
no more marches, no more bugle summons to rouse us 
up for another fatiguing day, no more fear of hunger — 
at least for a season. 
We Europeans did not rise from bed until 8 a.m., 
and we then found the Wangwana and Wanyamwezi 
still extended at their full lengths on their mats and 
goat-skins, and peacefully reposing after their fatigues ; 
and had I not finally sallied out into the open air at 
this hour, I believe that Sungoro and Kaduma, who, 
by the bye, were inseparable friends, would, from 
motives of delicacy, have refrained from paying a 
morning call, supposing that I should need many hours 
of rest. 
At 9 a.m. a burzah , or levee, was held. First came 
Frank and Fred — now quite recovered from fever — 
to bid me good morning, and to congratulate them- 
selves and me upon the prospective rest before us. 
Next came the Wangwana and Wanyamwezi chiefs, to 
express a hope that I had slept well, and after them 
the bold youths of the Expedition ; then came Prince 
Kaduma and Sungoro, to whom we were bound this 
