NG'URU TO KAGEI AND UKEREWE. S3 of the great lake ; after the march was over and the tent pitched, we walked out to some rising ground from which, we were told, the Nyanza could bo seen, and there, far away on the dim horizon, was the shadowy outline of a large mountain, and at its foot a grey line, which was the long-looked-for Victoria Nyanza. The next day's march led through swampy valleys, between rocky barren ridges, and past large villages, whose dusky inhabitants poured out in crowds to see the strange white men, and we camped out at night under the shade of an enormous fig tree. Before daylight next morning all were astir, in a state of great excitement, for to-day our long six months' journey was to end, and before another sun set we should stand on the shores of that great inland sea and bathe in its cool waters.

Our men arrayed themselves in their best clothes, and loaded their guns ready for a salute when we should see the great lake. We trudged merrily on through a long swampy valley, and climbed a steep hill from which we were to see the village of Kagei All were on the tiptoe of expectation, when on turning a corner in the road a glorious view burst upon us. There, 300 or 400 feet below us, stretched the wide expanse of deep blue water sparkling in the rays of the morning sun ; far away on the horizon was the graceful outline of the island of Ukerewe, and on the east the bold mass of the Majita mountain ; two or three small islands with some large G 2