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SPEKE’S INSTRUCTIONS 
[chap. II. 
must derive an additional supply from an unknown 
lake as it entered it at the northern extremity, while the 
body of the lake came from the south. The fact of a 
great body of water such as the Luta Nxige extending 
in a direct line from south to north, while the general 
system of drainage of the Nile was from the same di¬ 
rection, showed most conclusively, that the Luta Nzige, 
if it existed in the form assumed, must have an im¬ 
portant position in the basin of the Nile. 
My expedition had naturally been rather costly, and 
being in excellent order it would have been heart- 
breaking to have returned fruitlessly. I therefore 
arranged immediately for my departure, and Speke 
most kindly wrote in my journal such instructions as 
might be useful. I therefore copy them verbatim :—• 
“ Before you leave this be sure you engage two 
men, one speaking the Bari or Madi language, and 
one speaking Kinyoro, to be your interpreters through 
the whole journey, for there are only two distinct 
families of languages in the country, though of course 
some dialectic differences, which can be easily over¬ 
come by anybody who knows the family language. . . . 
Now, as you are bent on first going to visit Kamrasi 
M’Kamma, or King of Unyoro, and then to see as 
much of the western countries bordering on the little 
Luta N’z.ige, or “ dead locust ” lake, as possible, go 
