BARINGO  , a See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake of See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, some 30 M . N. of the See also:

• EQUATOR (Late Lat. aequator, from aequare, to make equal)

equator in the eastern rift-valley . It is one of a See also:

• CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain of lakes which See also:

• STUD

stud the See also:

• FLOOR (from O. Eng. flor, a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vloer, and Ger. Flur, a field, in the feminine, and a floor, masculine)

floor of the valley and has an See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation of 3325 ft. above the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea . It is about 16 m. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long by 9 broad and has an irregular outline, the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• SHORE

shore being deeply indented . Its See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters are brackish . Fed by several small streams it has no outlet: The largest of the See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers which enter it, the Tigrish and the Nyuki, run See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north through a See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat marshy See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country which extends See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of the lake . This See also:

• DISTRICT

district, inhabited by the See also:

• NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

negro tribe of Njamusi, was by the first explorers called Njemps . It is a fertile See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain-growing region containing two considerable villages; The Njamusi are peaceful agriculturists who show marked friendliness to Europeans . N. of the lake rise the Karosi hills; to the E. the See also:

• LAND

land rises in terraces to the edge of the Laikipia escarpment . A characteristic of the country in the See also:

• NEIGHBOUR (O. Eng. neahgebiir, from Walt, " nigh," " near ")

neighbour See also:

• HOOD,
• HOOD, JOHN BELL (1831–1879)
• HOOD, SAMUEL HOOD, VISCOUNT (1724–1816)
• HOOD, SIR SAMUEL (1762-1814)
• HOOD, THOMAS (1799-1845)
• HOOD, TOM (1835–1874)

hood of the lake are the " hills " of the termites (See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white ants) . They are hollow columns ro to 12 ft. high and from r ft. to 18 in. broad . The greater See also:

• KUDU (koodoo)

kudu, almost unknown elsewhere in East Africa, inhabits the flanks of the Laikipia escarpment to the east of the lake and comes to the See also:

• FOOT

foot-hills around Baringo to feed .

The existence of Lake Baringo was first reported in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe by See also:

• LUDWIG, KARL FRIEDRICH WILHELM (1816—1895)
• LUDWIG, OTTO (1813-1865)

Ludwig Krapf and J . Rebmann, See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German missionaries stationed at See also:

• MOMBASA

Mombasa, about 185o; in J . H . See also:

• SPEKE, HUGH (1656-c. 1724)
• SPEKE, JOHN HANNING (1827-1864)

Speke's See also:

• MAP
• MAP (or MAPES), WALTER (d. c. 1208/9)

map of the See also:

• NILE
• NILE, BATTLE OF THE
• NILE, SOBAT

Nile See also:

• SOURCES

sources (1863) Baringo is confused with See also:

• KAVIRONDO

Kavirondo Gulf of See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria See also:

• NYANZA (from the ancient Bantu root word anza, a river or lake)

Nyanza; it figures in See also:

• SIR

Sir H . M . See also:

• STANLEY (FAMILY)
• STANLEY, ARTHUR PENRHYN (18x5–1881)
• STANLEY, EDWARD (1779-1849)
• STANLEY, SIR HENRY MORTON (184o-1904)
• STANLEY, SIR WILLIAM (1548-163o)
• STANLEY, THOMAS (1625-1678)

Stanley's map (1877) as a large See also:

• SHEET

sheet of See also:

• WATER

water N.E. of Victoria Nyanza . See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph See also:

• THOMSON, JAMES (1822-1892)
• THOMSON, JAMES (1834-1882)
• THOMSON, JAMES (r700-1748)
• THOMSON, JOHN (1778-184o)
• THOMSON, JOSEPH (1858-1895)
• THOMSON, SIR CHARLES WYVILLE (1830-1882)
• THOMSON, THOMAS (1773-1852)
• THOMSON, WILLIAM (1819-189o)

Thomson, in his See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey through the See also:

• MASAI

Masai country in 1883, was the first white See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man to see the lake and to correct the exaggerated notions as to its See also:

• SIZE

size . Native tradition, however, asserts that the lake formerly covered a much larger See also:

• AREA

area .