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letters contained his reasons for forming that 
opinion, stating that he had been for weeks and 
months on the shores of the lake watching the 
flow of the water northwards” (at the rate of a 
knot per hour). At times the current appeared to 
run southwards, but that was under the influence 
of strong northerly winds. Also by Dr. Living¬ 
stone’s letters to Sir Thomas Maclear and Dr. 
Mann (“ Proceedings of the Royal Geographical 
Society,” No. 1 of 1873, pp. 69-70), it is evident 
that the explorer believed only in the lake outlet 
north of Ujiji. Again, Mr. Findlay, after atten¬ 
tively considering the unsatisfactory visit of Dr. 
Livingstone and Mr. Stanley to the Rusizi River in 
November and December, 1871, holds it to be a 
mere marsh-drain, which when the south winds 
prevail, would possibly flow in the opposite direc¬ 
tion ; and he still believes that Captain Speke and 
I, when at Uvira, were within five or six miles of 
the head. 
Since Dr. Livingstone’s visit we have heard 
more upon this disputed subject. A native of 
Karagwah assured my friend Sir Samuel Baker 
—who, despite all prepossessions, candidly accepted 
the statement—that it is possible and feasible to 
canoe from Chibero,on the so-called Albert Nyanza, 
past Uvira, where the stream narrows and where 
a pilot is required, to the Arab depot, Ujiji. He 
described the northern portion of the Tanganyika 
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