Bangweolo

Bangweolo (also called Bemba), a great Central African lake, discovered by Livingstone in 1868, which is 150 miles long by 75 in width, and 3700 feet above the sea. The Chambese, which flows into it, and the Luapula which issues from it, constitute the head-stream of the Congo. The shores are flat, and parts of the lake are mere marsh. In the NW. part are four large islands, inhabited by the Mboghwa, a race of fishermen and herdsmen. On its south shore Livingstone died.