Ciraimnavigaiion Co7npleted.

tlie 15th he continued his journey, ascending the river.

" On the 17th I perceived," said Piaggia, " that I had penetrated into a little lake, which I was told I must cross in order to reach the month of the river which came from Lake Victoria. After four hours of navigation, in which I could not make more than twelve miles, because of the multitude of water-plants which choked the lake, I was able to reach the mouth of the river I sought, but a number of small floating islands, crowded together, prevented me from ascending it, and I was unable to land to pass the night, and so was forced to remain in the boat, annoyed by the fear of the hippopotami, and the torment of the mosquitoes, which made my face and hands swell and gave me acute pain.

" Hoping to find the mouth of another river which flowed from Lake Victoria, in order to ascend it and reach the lake itself, I set sail towards the south-east along the shore of the small lake, passing amid several floating islands covered with papyrus and herbaceous plants, which, at the slightest breath of wind, moved from one point to another. The first and the second day I could land on a marshy and muddy tract clothed also with very thick and lofty papyrus, where I passed the night. Continuing our voyage to the southern end of the lake, after having gone twenty-eight miles from the mouth of the river in question, which flows from Lake Victoria, I turned towards the north, through the clear portion of the lake, which in its eastern side was destitute of floating islands, and on Jl/a// 20//< I reached the mouth of another river, called by the natives the Massanga, which is about 200 feet wide. Here T also tried to land, but could not follow, except for a very short distance, the course of the river, for it traverses a marshy and muddy country clothed with very tall papyrus. During the few hours I passed in this swamp I felt frequent and strong shocks of