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AFRICA AND ITS EXPLORATION. 
ruffled by a strong breeze, and farther northward still 
loomed upward unknown lands, their contour broken 
now by rounded domes and again by sharp cones. 
The number of islands encountered next day proved 
so troublesome to us that we were compelled to creep 
cautiously along the shore. As we neared Nakidimo, 
we observed the water change from its usual clear grey 
colour to that of a rich brown, and, seeing a creek close 
by, felt fully assured that we had discovered some 
important river. As we entered, the creek widened 
and disclosed picturesque features of outlined hill and 
wooded slope. We pulled steadily to its farther ex- 
BRIDGE ISLAND. 
tremity, but the stream which entered here was small, 
and oozed through a reedy marsh. We endeavoured 
for an hour to induce a canoe with three fishermen in it 
to approach, but all we could make out from Saramba, 
who, I fear, did not understand them, was that the 
name of the country was Ugoweh, which sounded so 
like You go ’ way that I declined accepting it, until the 
natives shouted out still more clearly and emphatically, 
“ U-go-weh.” It was evident, however, that these 
natives spoke a language that our guide from the south 
did not quite comprehend. We continued our keen 
inspection of the numerous indentations from Ugoweh (?) 
