Central afrika. Spek and the grant

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Comparative data have convinced me that east half of lake is not less deep, than western, and, perhaps, even more. The most remote waters-in other words, the top source Nila-are on the southern end of lake, is very close to 3 ° ju. sh., from what follows, that Nile is the river of amazing length and flows as the crow flies throughout 34 ° on width, or over 2300 miles... Further it is necessary to notice, that from the southern end of lake to that place in the western direction where the big Nile follows, there is only one more or less large inflow.... In east direction to channels [under messages of Arabs) are not present any such some large feeding inflow. Now there is only a question about ' salty lake ' it it can appear thereby on which informed Krapf). However, how this has been resolved remaining opened a question, firm there will be a position that sources of Nile are on 3 "ju. sh., where in 1858 I have found a lake Victoria-Njantsa extremity. ' Stones ' I named falls Ripon, and the lake sleeve, whence followed Nile, Napoleon's Channel '.

Spek and the Grant have not passed on all headwaters of Nile and consequently did not know, that it proceeds through Albert's lake, but they heard about existence of such lake, and, having met Bejkera (more low on a watercourse, in Gondokoro), they have told to it about it. In 1863 Spek and the Grant have returned to England, completely having carried out of the task assigned to them; but their work remained almost absolutely not rewarded.