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