From Naples to Entebbe. 
On approaching the north-west corner of the lake, the 
steamer enters a channel between the Sesse Islands and the 
coast. The Archipelago of Sesse, where concessions of land have 
NATIVE HUTS AND PLANTAINS. 
been granted to Italian companies for the cultivation of coffee 
and the collection of rubber, is the jewel of the Victoria 
Nyanza. Luxuriant forests cover the great islands down to the 
very brink of the lake, where the foliage is mirrored in the 
limpid waters. You would esteem it an earthly paradise, yet 
that charming scene conceals unspeakable desolation. The last 
forlorn remnants of the inhabitants, decimated by the dire 
disease, live mourning for their daily bereavements and dreading 
their impending fate. 
The Winifred, soon after passing the entrance to Murchison 
Bay, entered the Bay of Entebbe and came alongside the pier 
about 3.30 p.m., May 7th. 
The expedition had now reached the end of civilized means 
of communication, after travelling 4,750 miles in twenty-one days. 
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