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THE Abbé Debaize, who by previous accounts was at Igonda on March 20, seven days' journey from Ujiji, has written under date of April 2 from the latter place to the director of the Paris Observatory and others, giving a brief sketch of his immediate plans. He proposes to take all his porters and merchandise by water to the Uzighé country at the north end of Lake Tanganyika, and to form a depôt there, which he will leave in charge of some of his best men; he will then establish a second depôt at the mouth of the Aruwimi, the great northern tributary of the Congo. Afterwards, starting in light marching order, he hopes to be able to explore the western slopes of the Blue Mountains, the countries situated between the southern end of Albert Nyanza and Lake Tanganyika, and especially Unyambongu, Mpororo, and Ruanda. He will then return to his depôt in Uzighé, whence he will send home an account of his discoveries, as well as a statement of his future plans.
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Geographical Notes . Nature 20, 181–182 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/020181a0
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