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 .. . ce ofmalaria, and they hastened by it. Again launching their boat, they proceeded up the river, and enteredthe lake early in September, greatly refreshed by the cool air which cameoff its wide expanse of water. The centre appeared to be of a deep blue,while thie shallow water along the edge was indicated by its light greencolor. A little from the shore the water was from nine to fifteen fat
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 .. . ce ofmalaria, and they hastened by it. Again launching their boat, they proceeded up the river, and enteredthe lake early in September, greatly refreshed by the cool air which cameoff its wide expanse of water. The centre appeared to be of a deep blue,while thie shallow water along the edge was indicated by its light greencolor. A little from the shore the water was from nine to fifteen fathoms,in depth, but round a grand mountain promontory no bottom could beobtained with their lead-line of thirty-five fathoms. The lake was esti-mated to be about two hundred miles long and from twenty to sixtybroad. The lake appeared to be surrounded by mountains, but on the west,they were merely the edges of high table-land. It is visited by sudden and tremendous storms. One morning the seasuddenly rose around them, preventing them from advancing or reced-ing, as the tremendous surf on the beach would have knocked their lightboat to pieces, while the waves came rolling on in threes, their crests>. (201) ^02 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. broken into spray. Had one of them struck the boat, nothing couldliave saved her from being swamped. * They are liost! They are all Dead! * For six hours they remained at anchor a little from the shore, thus ex-posed to the fury of the gale. The crew became sea-sick and unable tokeep the boats head to the sea, while some of their party who hadremained on shore watched them, the natives every moment exclaiming: They are lost! they are all dead ! After this, every night they hauled the boat up on the beach; and,had it not been supposed that these storms were peculiar to one season,they would have given the Nyassa the name of the Lake of Storms. .A dense population exists on the shores of the lake, some being a tribeof Zulus who came from the south so
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