At last the train entered a region of misty rain forests. Occasional mountains became visible, their peaks towering into the distant skies.
The time passed slowly but brought much of interest. Then one day the explorers found themselves in Port Bell, at the edge of famed Lake Victoria.
Bob and Joe went with their fathers down to the water’s edge to get a glimpse of the lake.
Then their eyes almost burst from their heads.
CHAPTER XVI
Off for the Unknown
FAR into the distance, as far as the eye could see, stretched the boundless water of Lake Victoria, resembling nothing so much as a vast ocean. Even at the far-away horizon there was no trace of land.
“Wow!” gasped Bob, who was taken totally by surprise. “You’re not kidding us about this being a lake, are you?”
Mr. Holton laughed.