ROUND LAKE VICTORIA NYANZA. 
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and descriptions and pictures of them will be given 
hereafter. The shores were bold, irregular in outline, 
and clothed with a luxuriance of vegetation and many 
tall trees, between which were seen the banana groves, 
their pale green colour strongly contrasting with the 
darker tints of the forest foliage. 
The nio-ht that followed was wild. At sunset the 
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temperature fell to 70 Fahr., and the wind was charged 
with a cold drizzle. Being in rather an exposed posi- 
tion, we moved our anchorage near the mouth of the 
CAMP AT ULPWAPWA. 
Munulu river, and not a minute too soon, for the wind 
increased to a gale ; and the gale, heralded by a short- 
lived squall, brought hailstones with it. Preparing to 
pass the night here, we covered the boat with a sail, 
under which the sailors slept, though the watch, fre- 
quently relieved, was obliged to maintain a strict look- 
out. Throughout the long hours of darkness, the gale 
maintained its force ; the boat pitched and groaned, 
and the rain fell in torrents ; the seas frequently tossed 
capfuls of water into us, so that, under such circum- 
stances, we enjoyed no rest. 
