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cowered to windward : Saramba had collapsed in terror, 
and had resignedly covered his moppy head with his 
loin-cloth. Zaidi Mganda, the steersman, and myself 
were the only persons visible above the gunwale, and 
our united strengths were required to guide the boat 
over the raging sea. At 2 p.m. we came in view of the 
Shimeeyu river, and, steering close to the little inland 
of Natwari, swept round 
to leeward, and through 
a calm water made our 
way into harbour, oppo- 
site the entrance to the 
river. 
The next day was 
beautiful. The wild 
waters of yesterday were 
calm as those of a pond. 
The bold hills of Magu, 
with all their sere and 
treeless outlines, stood 
out in fine relief. Oppo- 
site them, at about 1300 
yards distant, were the 
brush-covered tops of the 
Mazanza heights ; while 
between them lay glit- 
tering the broad and 
noble creek which re- 
ceives the tribute flood 
of the Shimeeyu, the 
extreme southern reach 
of Nile waters. The 
total length of the course of this river, as laid out on the 
chart, is 300 miles, which gives the course of the Nile a 
length of 4200 miles : thus making it the second longest 
river in the world. The creek extends to a considerable 
distance, and then contracts to a width of about 400 yards, 
through which the Monangah, after uniting with the 
Luwamberri and the Duma rivers, discharges its brown 
waters, under the name of the Shimeeyu, into the lake. 
WIFE OF MANWA SERA. 
