. Stanley and the white heroes in Africa; being an edition from Mr. Stanley's late personal writings on the Emin Pasha relief expedition ... Livingstone and Stanley; on the 23d he rounded RasKungwe, and entered upon that part of the lake which hadhitherto been unexplored, and indeed unseen by any whiteman. Ras Kungwe is situated near the narrowest part of thelake, where it is not more than fifteen miles across. But theydid not go far beyond this point. A single days sail, and theyturned back toward the starting-point. They landed at several villages on their voyage, for the pur-pose of obtaini
. Stanley and the white heroes in Africa; being an edition from Mr. Stanley's late personal writings on the Emin Pasha relief expedition ... Livingstone and Stanley; on the 23d he rounded RasKungwe, and entered upon that part of the lake which hadhitherto been unexplored, and indeed unseen by any whiteman. Ras Kungwe is situated near the narrowest part of thelake, where it is not more than fifteen miles across. But theydid not go far beyond this point. A single days sail, and theyturned back toward the starting-point. They landed at several villages on their voyage, for the pur-pose of obtaining food; and usually camped on shore, althoughnot always near a village. Wherever in contact with the peo-ple, Lieut. Cameron noted with a keen eye the evidences oftheir manufactures, habits, and other particulars. A singleparagraph will show how concisely he gives his impressions oftheir appearance: No imported cloth was to be seen at the village of Kitata,the people wearing skins, bark-cloth, or cotton of their ownmanufacture. The natives suspend their clothing around thewaist by rope as thick as the little finger, bound neatly with. CAMERON-LIVINGSTONE SEARCH EXPEDITION. 491 brass wire. Their tv^ool is sometimes anointed with oil. inwhich red earth has been mixed, giving them the appearanceof having dipped their heads in blood. Reaching Kasongalowa, he determined to cross the lake andwork northward along the opposite shore. It was his greatdesire to find what Livingstone and Stanley had sought, theoutlet of Tanganyika. In order to do so, he had scrupulouslyinvestigated the direction of every river to which they came,until his men became a little particular as to whether a riverabout which he asked information flowed into the lake or outof it; many Africans will give the answer which they think isdesired, and while this is pleasant enough at the time, it doesnot afford much satisfaction when the traveler has disprov-ed the assertion. On the 3d of May, he arrived at the Lukuga
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