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to Her fttost (gracious gtajrsfn 
THE* QUEEN 
I DEDICATE, WITH HER PERMISSION, 
THIS BOOK, 
CONTAINING THE STORY OF THE DISCOYERY OF THE GREAT LAKE 
FROM WHICH THE NILE ULTIMATELY FLOWS, 
AND WHICH, 
AS CONNECTED SO INTIMATELY, 
AS A NILE SOURCE, WITH THE VICTORIA LAKE, 
I HAVE VENTURED TO NAME 
“ THE ALBERT N'YANZA” 
IN MEMORY OF THE LATE ILLUSTRIOUS AND LAMENTED 
PRINCE CONSORT. 
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