. In darkest Africa; or, the quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria . ely corked for several months A. Pappe. ) H. Droop Richmond.) Les Chemistes. Snow Hill Buildings, London, 1st May, 1890. Dear Mr. Stanley,— The following is the result of the quantitative analysis of thenatural crystalline salt you submitted to me:— Per cent. Water -82 Oxide of iron (FeaOg)Potash (K2O)Soda (NaaO)Carbonic acid (COj)Sulphurous acid (SO3)Chlorine Less oxygen equivalent to chlorine •15 4-56 47-68 1-02 6-87 50-42 111-5211-36 100-16 342 IN DARKEST AFRICA. 17. Katw6. village inhabi
. In darkest Africa; or, the quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria . ely corked for several months A. Pappe. ) H. Droop Richmond.) Les Chemistes. Snow Hill Buildings, London, 1st May, 1890. Dear Mr. Stanley,— The following is the result of the quantitative analysis of thenatural crystalline salt you submitted to me:— Per cent. Water -82 Oxide of iron (FeaOg)Potash (K2O)Soda (NaaO)Carbonic acid (COj)Sulphurous acid (SO3)Chlorine Less oxygen equivalent to chlorine •15 4-56 47-68 1-02 6-87 50-42 111-5211-36 100-16 342 IN DARKEST AFRICA. 17. Katw6. village inhabited by salt-workers, there is a small groveof bananas, and a few fields of Indian corn and Eleusinecoracana. Thus, though the lake has a singularly deadand lonely appearance, the narrow belt of verdure belowthe cliffy walls which encompass it, is a relief. Immedi-ately behind this greenness of plants and bush, theprecipitous slopes rise in a series of horizontal beds ofgrey compacted deposit, whitened at various places bythin incrustations of salt. There are also chalky-looking. THE LITTLE SALT LAKE AT KATWE. patches here and there, one of which, on being examined,proved to be of stalagmite. In one of these I found a It is quite impossible to say with certainty liow the bases andacids are combined, but, calculated in the order of their mutiial alfinities,the following is the arrangement into which they would naturally fall:— Per cent. Potassium sulphate . . . 843 Sodium sulphateSodium carbonateSodium chlorideOxide of ironWater 5-32 2-46 82-71 •15 •82 Trusting this may be of service to you, 9989 I remain yours ever truly, Henby S. Wellcomk. To H. M. Stanley, Esq, THE SALT LAKES OF KATWE. 343 large tusk of ivory, bones of small animals, teeth, and of about the size of cockles. There were several ° -^^of these stalagmite beds around the lake. (Jne remarkable peculiarity of the lake was the bloodtints of its water, or of some deposit in it. On lookinginto t
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