In 1900, Dr. Donaldson Smith, an American, made an important journey through the countries between the north end of Lake Rudolf and the Mountain Nile.

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CHAPTER VI—THE DECIPHERMENT OF THE HIEROGLYPHS*

*The early portion of this chapter is selected, by kind
permission of Dr. Henry Smith Williams, from his “History
of the Art of Writing,” Copyright, 1902 and 1903.