NAIVASHA  , the name of a See also:

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

lake, See also:

• TOWN

town and See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province, in See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa . The lake, which is roughly circular with a See also:

• DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)

diameter of some 13 m., lies at an See also:

• ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude of 6135 ft. on the See also:

• CREST
• CREST (Lat. crista, a plume or tuft)

crest of the highest 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 in the eastern rift-valley between the Kikuyu escarpment on the east and the Mau escarpment on the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west . It is fed from the See also:

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

north by 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 See also:

• GILGAL (Heb. for " circle " of sacred stones)

Gilgal and Morendat, but has no known outlet . The rivers, which have a minimum See also:

• DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge of too cub. ft. per second, run in deep gullies . The See also:

• WATER

water of the lake is fresh; the See also:

• SHORE

shore in many places is lined with See also:

• PAPYRUS

papyrus . North and north-west the lake is closed in by the volcanic See also:

• BURN, RICHARD (1709-1785)

Burn hills; to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south towers the See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct See also:

• VOLCANO

volcano of Longonot . Hippopotami and otters frequent the lake, and on an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island about 1 m. from the shore are large See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers of antelopes and other See also:

• GAME

game . Naivasha was discovered in 1883 by Gustav Adolf See also:

• FISCHER
• FISCHER, EMIL (1852– )
• FISCHER, ERNST KUNO BERTHOLD (1824–1907)

Fischer (1848-1886), one of the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early explorers of the See also:

• TANA

Tana and See also:

• MASAI

Masai regions, and the first to demonstrate the continuance of the rift-valley through See also:

• EQUATORIAL

equatorial Africa . Fischer was followed later in the same See also:

• YEAR

year by 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, the Scottish explorer . The railway from See also:

• MOMBASA

Mombasa to 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 skirts the eastern See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the lake, and on the railway See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close to the lake is built the town of Naivasha, 6230 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, 391 M . N.W. by See also:

• RAIL

rail of Mombasa and 193 M . S.E. by rail of See also:

• PORT

Port See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence on Victoria Nyanza .

Naivasha province contains much See also:

• LAND

land suitable for colonization by 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 men, and large areas were leased to Europeans by the British authorities in 1903 and subsequent years . The East Africa See also:

• SYNDICATE

Syndicate acquired a See also:

• LEASE (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. laxare, to loosen)

lease of 500 sq. m. in the valley of the Gilgal and surrounding 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 north of Lake Naivasha . North-west of the lake and along the 1\See also:

• IOLA

Iola See also:

• RIVER

river the 3rd See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• DELAMERE (or DE LA MER), GEORGE BOOTH

Delamere obtained a See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant of 155 sq. m .