thembue

Updated: May 16, 2025

I therefore employed the day in strolling all over the island, and took bearings of some of the principal features of the lake: of Thembue, a distant promontory on the western shore, south of this, which is occupied by a powerful sultan, and contains a large population of very boisterous savages; of Ukungue, on the east shore; and of the islands of Kivira and Kabizia.

John Hanning Speke - What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile