natives told us this was Tanganyika water. This is interesting, since I see Mr. H. H. Johnston has said that he has never been able to find any natives who call Tanganyika by its name. The Lukuga above the delta is about ten feet deep, and was at this season perfectly clear, varying from one and a quarter to a mile wide, with the same depth right across.

A great part of it had long grass growing in it. There was no sign of swamp about its banks. Some miles up we were blocked by grass, but were able to follow the course of the river by going against the current, though we could not see the banks. After three or four miles through the grass we came to an open stretch of water forty yards wide. The whole expanse of water from bank to bank was about a mile. We stopped at a village called Angoma. The country is very densely