Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc .. . e intervening valleys and on the louver slopes—as interesting a pictureas one could wish to see. Here, then, he had arrived at what he considered the source of theNile—that is, the point from where it makes its exit from the Victoria Ny-anza; and he calculated that the whole length of the river is, thus meas-uring from the south end of the lake, two thousand three hundred ^ular Co
Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc .. . e intervening valleys and on the louver slopes—as interesting a pictureas one could wish to see. Here, then, he had arrived at what he considered the source of theNile—that is, the point from where it makes its exit from the Victoria Ny-anza; and he calculated that the whole length of the river is, thus meas-uring from the south end of the lake, two thousand three hundred ^ular Conveyances. He and his party now returned northward, and reached Urondoganiagain in August. The difficulty was next to obtain boats. The fisher-men, finding that the strangers were to be supplied with fish by thekings order, ran away, though the cows they had brought furnished thetravellers with food. At length five boats, composed of five planks lasliedtogether and caulked with rags, were forthcoming. Speke, with hisattendants, Kasora, and his followers embarked, carrying goats, dogs,and kit, besides grain and dried meat. No one, however, knew howmany days it would take to perform the voyage. 37. (578) WONDERFUL DISCOVERIES. 579 Tall rushes grew on either side of the broad river, which had in placesa lake-like appearance. The idle crew paddled slowly, amusing them-selves by sometimes dashing forward, and then resting, while Kasora hadthe folly to attack the boats of Wanyoro he met coming up the river. The frontier line was. crossed on the 14th, but they had not proceededfar when they saw an enormous canoe of Kamrasis, full of well-armedmen, approaching them. The canoe turned, as if the people were afraid,and the Waganda followed. At length, however, the chased canoeturnjd, and the shore was soon lined with armed men, threatening themwith destruction. Another canoe now appeared It was getting only hope of escape seemed by retreating. Speke ordered his fleetto keep t
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