CHAPTER XXI.
The cradle of the Nile--Arrival at Magungo--The blind leading the blind--Murchison Falls.
The beach was perfectly clean sand, upon which the waves rolled like those of the sea, throwing up weeds precisely as seaweed may be seen upon the English shore.

It was a grand sight to look upon this vast reservoir of the mighty Nile and to watch the heavy swell tumbling upon the beach, while far to the south-west the eye searched as vainly for a bound as though upon the Atlantic.

It was with extreme emotion that I enjoyed this glorious scene.

My wife, who had followed me so devotedly, stood by my side pale and exhausted--a wreck upon the shores of the great Albert Lake that we had so long striven to reach.

No European foot had ever trod upon its sand, nor had the eyes of a white man ever scanned its vast expanse of water.