KEARING TIIE lake. 01 
sel^ “orbing of the 27th of February we rose up early, and braced our- 
'""8. “f miles, which terminated at 4 p.m. at the 
Village ot Kagehyi. 
and"“t“ ‘‘““'í' *“ Importance of this day's match, 
wtrW " hat this final journey to Kagehyi promised tl,¿ir 
tomanv 'f "e Europeans. 1 hey, as well as onrselves, looked forward 
mimy weeks of rest from out labours aud to an abundance of good food, 
and w * 'ke signal to Take the road," the Wany.mwezi 
stim 7??®^ Strong y to witness our departure, were aRected by it, aud 
ruulated our jieopio by declaring 
that the lake was not very far off 
“ but two or three hours’ walk.” 
We dipped into the basins and 
troughs of the land, surmounted ridge 
after ridge, crossed watercourses aud 
ravines, passed by cultivated fields, 
and through villages smelling strongly 
of cattle, by good-natured groups of 
Datives, until, ascending a long gradual 
slope, we heard, on a sudden, hurrah 
ing in front, and then we too, with the 
lagging rear, knew that those in the 
van were in view of tho Great Lake 1 
Frank Fucock imjietuously strode 
forward until he gained the brow of 
the hill. He took a long sweeping 
look at something, waved his hat, and 
came down towards us, his face beam- 
at Th’ ^ dazzling sun transformed into silver, some 600 feet below us, 
at the distance of three miles. 
A more (ireful and detailed view of the scene showed us that the hill on 
Which we stood sloped gradually to the broad bay or gulf edged by a line of 
green wavy reeds and thin groves of umbrageous trees scattered along the 
which stood several small villages of conical huts. Beyond these, 
6 a e stretched like a silvery plain far to the eastward, and away across to 
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