BOUND LAKE VICTORIA NYANZA. 
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Accordingly, after drawing up instructions for Frank 
Pocock and Fred Barker on about a score of matters 
concerning the wellbeing of the Expedition during my 
absence, and enlisting for them, by an adequate gift, 
the goodwill of Sungoro and Prince Kaduma, I set sail 
on the 8th of March, 1875, eastward along the shores 
of the broad arm of the lake which we first sighted, 
COXSWAIN ULEDI, AND MANWA SEItA, CHIEF CAPTAIN. 
and which henceforward is known, in honour of its first 
discoverer, as “ Speke Gulf.” 
Afloat on the waters of Speke Gulf! The sky is 
gloomy and the light grey water has become a dull 
ashen grey ; the rocks are bare and rugged ; and the 
land, sympathising with the gloom above, appears silent 
and lonely. The people sigh dolorously, their rowing 
is as that of men who think they are bound to certain 
death, and now and again wistful looks are thrown 
