. Exploration of the Nile tributaries of Abyssinia : the sources, supply, and overflow of the Nile; the country, people, customs, etc. Interspersed with highly exciting adventures of the author among elephants, lions, buffaloes, hippopotami, rhinoceros, etc., accompanied by expert native sword hunters . ^:^^^^^ ^,, 2 / / I DEDICATE THIS BOOK, WITH SPECIAL PERMISSION, PRINCE OF WALES, AS THE FIRST OFENGLANDS ROYAL RACE WHO HAS SAILED UPON THE WATERS OF THE NILE; THE LAKE SOURCES OF WHICH MIGHTY RIVER ARE HONOREDBY THE NAMES OF ins AUGUST PARENTS. EXPLORATION OF THE NILE TRIBUTAEIES OF ABYSSINIA
. Exploration of the Nile tributaries of Abyssinia : the sources, supply, and overflow of the Nile; the country, people, customs, etc. Interspersed with highly exciting adventures of the author among elephants, lions, buffaloes, hippopotami, rhinoceros, etc., accompanied by expert native sword hunters . ^:^^^^^ ^,, 2 / / I DEDICATE THIS BOOK, WITH SPECIAL PERMISSION, PRINCE OF WALES, AS THE FIRST OFENGLANDS ROYAL RACE WHO HAS SAILED UPON THE WATERS OF THE NILE; THE LAKE SOURCES OF WHICH MIGHTY RIVER ARE HONOREDBY THE NAMES OF ins AUGUST PARENTS. EXPLORATION OF THE NILE TRIBUTAEIES OF ABYSSINIA. SOURCES, SUPPLY, AND OVERFLOW OF THE NILE; THECOUNTRY, PEOPLE, CUSTOMS, ETC. INTERSPERSED WITH HIGHLY EXCITING ADVENTURES OF THE AUTHOR, AMONG ELEPHANTS, LIONS, BUFFALOES, HIPPOPOTAMI, RHINOCEROS, ETC. ACCOMPANIED BY EXPERT NATIVE SWORD BY SIR S. , M. A., F. R. G. S. GOLD MEDALIST OP THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY ; AUTHOR OF THE ALBERT nyANZA GREAT BASIN OF THE NILE, EIGHT YEARS WANDERINGS IN CEYLON, THE RIFLE AND THE HOUND IN CEYLON, ETC., ETC WITH A SUPPLEMENTARY SKETCH RELATIVE TO THE CAPTIVITY AND RELEASE OF ENGLISH SUBJECTS AND THECAREER OF THE LATE EMPEROR THEODORE. By Rev. W. L. GAGE. PUBLISHED BY O. D. CASE & CO. 1868. T)\\\\ *aojj \%, ^oiii. PREFACE, The work entitled The Albert Nyanza Great Basinof the Nile, published in 1866, has given an accountof the equatorial lake system, from which the Egyptianriver derives its source. It has been determined bythe joint explorations of Speke, Grant, and myself,that the rainfall of the equatorial districts suppliestwo vast lakes, the Victoria and the Albert, of suffi-cient volume to support the Nile throughout its entirecourse of thirty degrees of latitude. Thus the parentstream, fed by never-failing reservoirs, supplied bythe ten months rainfall of the equator, rolls steadilyon its way, through arid sands and burning deserts,until it reaches the Delta of Lower Egypt. It would at first sight appear
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