chap, x.] MARCH PARALLEL WITH THE VICTORIA NILE. 305 
N’zige lake is larger than the Victoria N’ymza, and 
that both lakes are fed by rivers from the great moun¬ 
tain Bartooma. Is that mountain the MTumbiro of 
Speke ? the difference of name being local. According 
to the position of the mountain pointed out by the 
chief, it bears from this spot S. 45° W. Latitude of 
this place by meridian altitude of Capella, 2° 5' 32". 
F. (my wife) taken seriously ill with bilious fever." 
“ Feb. 1st— F. dreadfully ill; all the natives have 
turned out of their villages, leaving their huts and 
gardens at our disposal. This is the custom of the 
country should the king give orders that a visitor 
is to be conducted through his dominions.] 
“ The natives of Unyoro have a very superior imple¬ 
ment to the molote used among the northern tribes ; it 
is an extremely powerful hoe, fitted upon a handle, 
similar to those used on the sugar estates in the West 
Indies, but the blade is heart-shaped : with these they 
cultivate the ground very deep for their beds of sweet 
potatoes. The temperature during the day ranges from 
80° to 84°, and at night it is cold, 56° to 58° Fahr. It is 
very unhealthy, owing to the proximity of the river." 
“ Feb. 2d. —Marched five miles. F carried in a litter, 
very ill. I fell ill likewise. Halted. 
“ Feb. 3d. —-F. very ill. Carried her four miles and 
halted. 
u Feb. 1th. —F. most seriously ill. Started at 7.30 
a.m. she being carried in a litter; but I also fell 
ill upon the road, and having been held on my ox by 
two men for some time, I at length fell in their arms, 
and was laid under a tree for about five hours : getting 
better, I rode for two hours, course south. Mountains 
in view to south and south-east, about ten miles distant. 
The country, forest interspersed with villages : the 
Somerset generally parallel to the route. There are 
no tamarinds in this neighbourhood, nor any other 
acid fruit; thus one is sorely pressed in the hours of 
fever. One of the black women servants, Fadeela, is 
dying of fever." 
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