I Was All The More Impressed With This Belief, By
Knowing That The Two Church Missionaries, Rebmann And Erhardt,
Without
The smallest knowledge of the Hindus' map, constructed a
map of their own, deduced from the Zanzibar traders, something on
The same scale, by blending the Victoria N'yanza, Tanganyida, and
N'yazza into one; whilst to their triuned lake they gave the name
Moon, because the men of the Moon happened to live in front of
the central lake. And later still, Mr Leon, another missionary,
heard of the N'yanza and the country Amara, near which he heard
the Nile made its escape.
Going on with the march we next came to Ndongo, a perfect garden
of plantains. The whole country was rich - most surprisingly so.
The same streaky argillaceous sandstones prevailed as in Karague.
There was nothing, in fact, that would not have grown here, if it
liked moisture and a temperate heat. It was a perfect paradise
for negroes: as fast as they sowed they were sure of a crop
without much trouble; though, I must say, they kept their huts
and their gardens in excellent order.
As Maula would stop here, I had to halt also. The whole country
along the banks of the river, and near some impenetrable forests,
was alive with antelopes, principally hartebeests, but I would
not fire at them until it was time to return, as the villagers
led me to expect buffaloes. The consequence was, as no buffaloes
were to be found, I got no sport, though I wounded a hartebeest,
and followed him almost into camp, when I gave up the chase to
some negroes, and amused myself by writing to Rumanika, to say if
Grant did not reach me by a certain date, I would try to navigate
the N'yanza, and return to him in boats up the Kitangule river.
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