How I Found Livingstone Travels, Adventures And Discoveries In Central Africa Including Four Months Residence With Dr. Livingstone By Sir Henry M. Stanley
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If I Had Gone To The Head Of The Tanganika,
I Could Not Have Gone, To Manyuema.
The central line of drainage
was the most important, and that is the Lualaba.
Before this line
the question whether there is a connection between the Tanganika
and the Albert N'Yanza sinks into insignificance. The great line
of drainage is the river flowing from latitude 11 degrees south,
which I followed for over seven degrees northward. The Chambezi,
the name given to its most southern extremity, drains a large tract
of country south of the southernmost source of the Tanganika;
it must, therefore, be the most important. I have not the least
doubt, myself, but that this lake is the Upper Tanganika, and
the Albert N'Yanza of Baker is the Lower Tanganika, which are
connected by a river flowing from the upper to the lower. This
is my belief, based upon reports of the Arabs, and a test I
made of the flow with water-plants. But I really never gave
it much thought."
"Well, if I were you, Doctor, before leaving Ujiji, I should
explore it, and resolve the doubts upon the subject; lest,
after you leave here, you should not return by this way.
The Royal Geographical Society attach much importance to
this supposed connection, and declare you are the only man
who can settle it. If I can be of any service to you, you
may command me. Though I did not come to Africa as an
explorer, I have a good deal of curiosity upon the subject,
and should be willing to accompany you.
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