See also:

• CHILWA (incorrectly SHIRWA)

CHILWA (incorrectly SHIRWA)  , a shallow See also:

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

lake in See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, S.S.E. of Lake See also:

• NYASA

Nyasa, cut by 35° 20' E., and lying between 15° and 15° 35' S . The lake is undergoing a See also:

• PROCESS

process of See also:

• DESICCATION (from the Lat. desiccare, to dry up)

desiccation, and in some dry seasons (as in 1879 and 1903) the " open See also:

• WATER

water " is reduced to a number of large pools . Formerly the lake seems to have found an outlet northwards to the Lujenda See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

• ROVUMA

Rovuma, but with the sinking of its level it is now separated from the Lujenda by a wooded See also:

• RIDGE (a word. common to many Teutonic languages, meaning " back," whether of a man or an animal, cf. German Rucke)
• RIDGE, WILLIAM PETT (1864- )

ridge some 30 to 40 ft. above the surrounding plains . There are four islands, the largest rising 50o ft. above the water . The lake was discovered by See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David See also:

• LIVINGSTONE, DAVID (1813-1873)

Livingstone in 1859 and was by him called Shirwa, from a mishearing of the native name .