UZONQORA AND THE NYANZA. 249 wary old fellow, and never gave us the chance of a shot.

On October llth six Uganda canoes arrived, having been sent by Mtesa to assist us in conveying our goods to his country. But it was not till the 24th that we succeeded in making a start northwards. For the first few days our progress was very slow, owing to a constant succession of headwinds, calms, and thunderstorms. On the evening of the 26th we reached the estuary of the Kagera river, meeting a number of Uganda canoes on their way to Kagei, bearing 200 slaves belonging to one Hamis, a slave of Said bin Salem, the exgovernor of Unyanyembe. The following day we steered for the promontory of Dumo, taking soundings at intervals off the mouth of the Kagera, and found the depth to range from eight to ten fathoms. We kept near the coast of the mainland till some twenty or thirty miles south of the river Katonga, and then threaded our way in a N.E.

direction, among the islands, for Ntebbi, our port on the mainland, which we reached on November 1st ; and thus ended my last voyage on the Nyanza.

Before, however, bidding a long farewell to the Victoria Lake, some account of its more prominent features may appropriately be given.

The northern and southern limits of the Nyanza have been determined with considerable accuracy,