Tanganyika

tan-gan-ye'ka, one of the great lakes of central Africa. It forms a meeting point of Rhodesia, German East Africa, and the Congo Free State. It is about 400 miles long and from ten to sixty miles wide. It lies in the great African rift valley, hence it takes a north and south direction. The eastern shore is hilly; the western is mountainous. The waters escape westward through a cleft and reach the Congo. The lake is deep and is slightly brackish near the shores. The fisheries are of value. It is one of the last resorts of the crocodile and the hippopotamus. The lake was discovered by Speke and Burton in 1858. Its shores were visited by Living-stone and by Stanley. Both English and German steamers ply on the lake. Ujiji is the chief port. A well worn trail leads to the coast of Zanzibar. Ujiji will one day be a station of the Cape to Cairo Railway.