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In offering this short connected history of my first two explorations
in Africa, I must state that I have been urged to do so by friends
desirous of knowing what led to the discovery of the source of the
Nile. The greater part of it was originally published in 'Blackwood's
Magazine;' but that lacked the connection which I have now given to
the conclusion of my independent journey to and from the Victoria
N'yanza, which is the great source or reservoir of the Nile. The
manner in which I traced the Nile down from the Victoria N'yanza to
Egypt is explained in my 'Journal of the Discovery of the Source of
the Nile.'

J. H. Speke.





Contents.
Journal of Adventures in Somali Land.

Chapter I.