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LIEUT. WISSMANN, who is to command the German Emin Pasha Expedition, has already done much excellent work in Africa, for which he received one of the medals of the Royal Geographical Society a few months ago. In his hands the interests of science are sure to be attended to. The Expedition will consist of two contingents, which will proceed through German East Africa by the south shore of Victoria Nyanza to the region between that lake and the Albert Nyanza. That the Expedition is sure to meet with difficulties is evident from the telegrams which are almost daily appearing from Berlin and from Zanzibar. The whole coast region is rising against the Germans, and it is to be feared that Lieut. Wissmann will have to proceed through a practically hostile country all the way to Wadelai. It is a pity that in the matter of Emin Pasha, which interests all Europe, Germany and England could not work hand in hand.
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Geographical Notes . Nature 38, 529 (1888). https://doi.org/10.1038/038529b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/038529b0