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i24 THE LAND OF THE MONUMENTS
determined to explore the region, and ascertain, if
possible, whether the president's hypothesis was
borne out by fact. Captains Grant and Burton took
part in the exploration. They started from Zanzibar,
and landing on the eastern coast travelled northwards
towards the equator. After a lengthened exploration
Captain Speke was finally successful in making the
discovery of the first great lake, which he named in
honour of her Majesty—" Victoria." The native name
for a large expanse of water being Nyanza, the lake
has been called ever since the " Victoria Nyanza."
The founder's gold medal of the Royal Geographical
Society was awarded to Captain Speke for this
important discovery in 1858.
The late Sir Samuel Baker and his brave consort,
Lad}' Baker, were also inspired with a like enthusiastic
desire to discover the source of the Nile. They
started on their journey from Cairo, following the
course of the Nile southward as far as Korosko, in
Nubia. The Nile makes a considerable detour at this
point, and much time is saved by taking the Desert
route to the Soudan, a journey generally accomplished
in a fortnight, but extremely fatiguing from the
scarcity of water along the route. From Khartoum,
where the waters of the Blue and the White Nile meet,
Sir Samuel and Lady Baker followed the course of
the White Nile to the south, and were rewarded for
all their labour and fatigue by discovering another
large lake, which they named the " Albert Nyanza,"
from which the Nile issues directly in the White
Nile, which they had thus tracked up to its source.
These two large lakes, with a smaller one sub-
sequently discovered and named the " Albert Edward
Nyanza," were found to be all united by a river
determined to explore the region, and ascertain, if
possible, whether the president's hypothesis was
borne out by fact. Captains Grant and Burton took
part in the exploration. They started from Zanzibar,
and landing on the eastern coast travelled northwards
towards the equator. After a lengthened exploration
Captain Speke was finally successful in making the
discovery of the first great lake, which he named in
honour of her Majesty—" Victoria." The native name
for a large expanse of water being Nyanza, the lake
has been called ever since the " Victoria Nyanza."
The founder's gold medal of the Royal Geographical
Society was awarded to Captain Speke for this
important discovery in 1858.
The late Sir Samuel Baker and his brave consort,
Lad}' Baker, were also inspired with a like enthusiastic
desire to discover the source of the Nile. They
started on their journey from Cairo, following the
course of the Nile southward as far as Korosko, in
Nubia. The Nile makes a considerable detour at this
point, and much time is saved by taking the Desert
route to the Soudan, a journey generally accomplished
in a fortnight, but extremely fatiguing from the
scarcity of water along the route. From Khartoum,
where the waters of the Blue and the White Nile meet,
Sir Samuel and Lady Baker followed the course of
the White Nile to the south, and were rewarded for
all their labour and fatigue by discovering another
large lake, which they named the " Albert Nyanza,"
from which the Nile issues directly in the White
Nile, which they had thus tracked up to its source.
These two large lakes, with a smaller one sub-
sequently discovered and named the " Albert Edward
Nyanza," were found to be all united by a river