. The lake regions of central Africa. A record of modern discovery . ives that the water flowed out of day equally emphatic testimony was giventhat the Rusizi stream discharged itself into the when the limits of open water were reached ina broad marshy Hat covered by aquatic plants, itwas not easy to answer the question which thetravellers had come all this long way to broad inlets were seen penetrating the bed ofreeds. In none of them could any current be dis-covered. Entering the centre channel in a canoe,however, and pulling OD for some distance pastsed
. The lake regions of central Africa. A record of modern discovery . ives that the water flowed out of day equally emphatic testimony was giventhat the Rusizi stream discharged itself into the when the limits of open water were reached ina broad marshy Hat covered by aquatic plants, itwas not easy to answer the question which thetravellers had come all this long way to broad inlets were seen penetrating the bed ofreeds. In none of them could any current be dis-covered. Entering the centre channel in a canoe,however, and pulling OD for some distance pastsedgy islands and between walls of papyrus, dis-turbing with every stroke of the paddles some ofthe sleeping crocodiles that throng in hundreds inthis marsh, all doubt as to the course of the Rusizi was soon removed. A strong current of discolouredwater was met pouring down from the high grounds, and further examination showed that the stream had other channels losing themselves m the swam]), orfinding their way into one or other of the inlets atthe head of the CAMERON OX THE LAKE. 127 The outlet of Tanganyika must be sought for else-where. Some thought that it must empty itself atits southern extremity into Nyassa, but this theory•was destroyed by Livingstones subsequent landjourney across the watershed between the two believed that a notch1 would be discoveredeither in its eastern or its western mountain barrier,by which its surplus water would be seen flowing offtowards the Indian Ocean or towards the own notion was that the lake com-municated with the Lualaba by a subterranean pas-sage under the dark cliffs of Ugoma, on the coast op-posite to Ujiji; and he even thought he could distin-guish the roaring sound of the escaping waters, whichthe natives told him could be heard for many miles. This was the uncertain position of the Tanganyikaproblem when Cameron arrived at Ujiji. He deter-mined, as his first instalment of real discoverersw
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