Seven Years in the Soudan.

I can say nothing of tlie interior, not having been able, with the slender escort of tAvelve soldiers, to venture among these hostile and treacherous tribes, for I sliould have had to leave the two vessels without any defence.

The principal end of my exploration was attained.

The volume of water which the Albert Nyanza furnishes to the Nile comes from the cascades seen by me, and from the Murchison Falls on the Victoria Nile. Whoever, after me, visits the Albert Lake at the same season, and sees the deluges of water descending from the sky twenty times a day, and as often by night, will not be at all astonished at the quantity that issues from the lake.

As soon as I entered the Albert Nyanza I had marked the height of the water on a rock, wishing to verify its rise during the rainy season. From the marks left by the previous high water I inferred that the level was then lower by some inches. On my return the water had onl_Y risen a few lines.

The shores of the lake being for the most part, as I said before, perpendicular, there are few villages ; but the country beyond is thickly populated, and the inhabitants greatly resemble those of Uganda. It is said, too, tliat ivory is very abundant.

The climate, in s])ite of the rains, is excellent. At Lado and Grondokoro T had suffered severely from fever, but here on the lake, T, as well as the crew, enjoy perfect health, althougli for sixteen hours of the day we are in a continual bath.

Afvil llndj. — I descended the Nile to Dufile. Nothing new.

April 23rd. — Arrived at Dufile, I then learnt from Piaggia the result of his journey. After liaAnng separated at the Murchison Falls, Piaggia took his boat to pieces and in ten days arrived at Foweira, that is, on April 22nd. Launching the boat on the river again, he arrived at Mrooli May ord. On