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bays, gulfs, and creeks, and taking the bearings of 
islands and capes. I saw Mr. Stanley’s work, which is 
very extensive. He showed me some curious sketches 
of islands he had seen ; the islands of the Bridge, the 
Grotto, and the Sphinx. The first is a natural bridge 
of granite, with all the appearance of a bridge made by 
the hand of man ; the second is like the grotto of the 
enchantress Calypso ; the third greatly resembles the 
Egyptian Sphinx.” .... 
COAST OF SPEKE GULF. 
Colonel Linant de Bellefonds having thus described 
•our meeting, there remains but little for me to add. 
As soon as I saw him approaching the burzah, I 
recognized him to be a Frenchman. Not being intro- 
duced to him — and as I was then but a mere guest of 
Mtesa, with whom it was M. Linant’ s first desire to 
converse — I simply bowed to him, until he had con- 
cluded addressing the Emperor, when our introduction 
took place as he has described. 
I was delighted at seeing him, and much more 
