362 CANOE VOYAGE TERMINATES. [chap. xii. 
for a bivouac, although a nest of mosquitoes and 
malaria. 
On waking the next morning, I observed that a 
thick fog covered the surface of the river; and as I 
lay upon my back, on my angarep, I amused myself 
before I woke my men by watching the fog slowly 
lifting from the river. While thus employed I was 
struck by the fact, that the little green water-plants, 
like floating cabbages (.Pistia Stratiotes L.), were cer¬ 
tainly, although very slowly, moving to the west. I 
immediately jumped up and watched them most atten¬ 
tively; there was no doubt about it; they were travelling 
towards the Albert Lake. We were now about eighteen 
o 
miles in a direct line from Magungo, and there was 
a current in the river, which, however slight, was never¬ 
theless perceptible. 
Our toilette did not take long to arrange, as we had 
thrown ourselves down at night with our clothes on ; 
accordingly we entered the canoe at once, and gave 
the order to start. 
The woman Bacheeta knew the country, as she had 
formerly been to Magungo when in the service of Sali, 
who had been subsequently murdered by Kamrasi; 
she now informed me that we should terminate our 
canoe voyage on that day, as we should arrive at the 
great waterfall of which she had often spoken. As 
we proceeded, the river gradually narrowed to about 
180 yards, and when the paddles ceased working 
we could distinctly hear the roar of water. I had 
heard this on waking in the morning, but at the 
time I had imagined it to proceed from distant 
thunder. By ten o’clock the current had so in¬ 
creased as we proceeded, that it was distinctly per¬ 
ceptible, although weak. The roar of the waterfall was 
extremely loud, and after sharp pulling for a couple of 
hours, during which time the stream increased, we 
arrived at a few deserted fishing-huts, at a point where 
the river made a slight turn. I never saw such an 
extraordinary show of crocodiles as were exposed on 
