APPENDIX.

MAP OF THE EQUATORIAL PROVINCE.

THis map is merely a sketch intended to illustrate the record of Dr. Emin’s travels. The whole of the region to the west of the Nile is subject to very considerable changes. The routes, so carefully laid down by Dr. Schweinfurth, Dr. Junker, and a few other explorers, are dependent upon the Meshra-er-Rek and Wandi being placed correctly upon the map, but neither the latitudes, still less the longitudes, of these places have hitherto been satisfactorily determined. Lupton Bey’s latitudes in the northern portion of the Bahr-el-Ghazal have established the general accuracy of Dr. Schweinfurth’s itineraries, but they help us little towards placing the upper Welle-Makua in its correct position. It is to be hoped that Mr. Stanley’s well-found expedition will furnish a few trustworthy positions, which will enable us to combine the vast mass of existing materials in a satisfactory manner.

The linguistic colouring of the map is based upon the vocabularies and other information furnished by Dr. Schweinfurth, Colonel Long, Heuglin, Marno, Dr. Felkin, Beltrame, Mitterutzner, Wakefield, and Emin Pasha. Very much remains to be done before our knowledge can be called satisfactory, especially as regards the many aboriginal tribes who have been subjected by the invading Zandé and Monbuttu. Dr. Junker will no doubt be able to clear up many doubtful points. In the meantime, two great facts stand out very distinctly, viz., the extension of the Dinka and their kin from the eastern shore of the Victoria Nyanza to the White Nile, and the proximity of tribes allied to the Masai (Wakuavi) to the upper Nile. That the Latuka, for instance, are the kinsmen of the Wakuavi is clearly proved by Emin Pasha’s vocabularies. The Galla, too, have found a place upon our map ; and it is just possible that their neighbours, the Girata, are Woratta or Dauro, whom d’Abbadie classes together with the Gebbero (Sidama) and Agau as