Example: -
Wagogo, Is The People Of Gogo; Mgogo, Is A Gogo Man; Ugogo, Is
The Country Of Gogo; And Kigogo, The Language Of Gogo.
The only direction here necessary as regards pronunciation of
native words refers to the u, which represents a sound
corresponding to that of the oo in woo.
Journal of the Discovery
of
The Source of the Nile
Chapter 1
London to Zanzibar, 1859
The design - The Preparations - Departure - The Cape - The Zulu
Kafirs - Turtle-Turning - Capture of a Slaver - Arrive at Zanzibar-
-Local Politics and News Since Last Visit - Organisation of the
Expedition.
My third expedition in Africa, which was avowedly for the purpose
of establishing the truth of my assertion that the Victoria
N'yanza, which I discovered on the 30th July 1858, would
eventually prove to be the source of the Nile, may be said to
have commenced on the 9th May 1859, the first day after my return
to England from my second expedition, when, at the invitation of
Sir. R. I. Murchison, I called at his house to show him my map
for the information of the Royal Geographical Society. Sir
Roderick, I need only say, at once accepted my views; and,
knowing my ardent desire to prove to the world, by actual
inspection of the exit, that the Victoria N'yanza was the source
of the Nile, seized the enlightened view, that such a discovery
should not be lost to the glory of England and the Society of
which he was President; and said to me, "Speke, we must send you
there again." I was then officially directed, much against my
own inclination, to lecture at the Royal Geographical Society on
the geography of Africa, which I had, as the sole surveyor of the
second expedition, laid down on our maps.[FN#4] A council of the
Geographical Society was now convened to ascertain what projects
I had in view for making good my discovery by connecting the lake
with the Nile, as also what assistance I should want for that
purpose.
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