Africa . ked upon as the lower course of the Livumba, and whichflows into the Victoria Nyanza to the east of the villageof Kagehyi, turns out to be quite an insignificant Shergold Smith, who attempted its explorationin a boat, only succeeded in ascending it for a few miles. 7. Victoria Nyanza—Uganda and JJnyoro. According to numerous observations the VictoriaNyanza lies at an elevation of 4000 feet above the sea-level. It was discovered on July 30, 1858, by thelate Captain John Hanning Speke, and by him declaredto be the main reservoir of the Nile. On the occasion ofa second j
Africa . ked upon as the lower course of the Livumba, and whichflows into the Victoria Nyanza to the east of the villageof Kagehyi, turns out to be quite an insignificant Shergold Smith, who attempted its explorationin a boat, only succeeded in ascending it for a few miles. 7. Victoria Nyanza—Uganda and JJnyoro. According to numerous observations the VictoriaNyanza lies at an elevation of 4000 feet above the sea-level. It was discovered on July 30, 1858, by thelate Captain John Hanning Speke, and by him declaredto be the main reservoir of the Nile. On the occasion ofa second journey with Captain (now Colonel) JamesAugustus Grant in 1860-1863, Speke, who saw the various points, endeavoured to show its vast extentand its connection with the Nile, but only partly sue- 318 COMPENDIUM OF GEOGKAPHY AND TRAVEL. ceeded in doing so, and his view of the unity of the greatVictoria lake was for a long time questioned. It wasreserved for Stanley fully to confirm Spekes conjecture. THE VICTORIA XTANZA, Ijy completely circumnavigating the lake in eighty daysin the spring of 1875. He thus demonstrated the unityof this vast inland sea, wliich is greater in superficial areathan Bavaria or Scotland. VIGTOEIA NYANZA. 319 We shall now foUow rapidly Mr. Stanleys adventm-ouavoyage in his boat the Lady Alice round the coast ofthe great Nyanza, the largest of African lakes, noting thechief points in his cruise. Sailing from Kagehyi, where he launched out afterthe long overland march, and turning eastward into thegulf of the lake, which he named after Captain Speke,the mouth of the Sliimeeyu, the largest tributary of thelake from the south, and in aU probability the longestsomce stream of the Nile, is reached. Here it rushes intothe lake by a mouth which is a mile in width, but whichcontracts at some distance upward to 400 yards. At thehead of the gulf, the south-eastern corner of the Nyanza,we come to Ututwa, a country inhabited by a tall andslender people carryin
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