274 MEETING OF STANLEY AND EMIN. surface of the waters of the southern shore of the lake lay outstretched, like a sheet of quicksilver in the midday sun. About twenty miles away towards the east the peaked summits of Unyoro are conspicuous. The hills appear to rise immediately from the water to a height of 1000 or perhaps 1500 feet. So clear is the atmosphere that every indentation of the outline can be distinguished. Beyond these, in remoter distance, are the elevated plains of Kab- rega’s kingdom, where for two years Casati has been stationed in order to keep open the route towards the East Coast. To the southward lies the valley of the Semliki, a river that flows at the foot of one of the most Alpine districts in Africa, its mountains rising in domes and peaks, some of them, like the Gordon- Bennett and Edwin Arnold, assuming the most striking forms; whilst the whole region is domi nated by the majestic Ruwenzori, clad in eternal snow, and 15,000 feet in height. Northwards the lake becomes wider; but the view in that direction is not extensive. About 250 miles from Kavalli the lake gives birth to the White Nile, which passes Wadelai as it flows towards Khartoum.