The remarkable man whose name is given to this chapter was a German Jew,--Eduard Schnitzer,--born in Silesia about 1830. Becoming a doctor of medicine, he gradually drifted to Austria and thence to Turkey, where he engaged in much medical service in the suite of high officials. To some extent he adopted the religion of Islam, and changed his name to Dr. Emin. Attracted by the mystery of Central Africa, he found his way to Khartum, and from being a mere medical practitioner, became a Bey in the service of the Egyptian government under General Gordon. He did a great deal to add to our knowledge of the eastern tributaries of the Bahr-al-Ghazal and the western tributaries of the Mountain Nile. He explored the Nile-Congo water-parting, and made very interesting notes on Unyoro, Uganda, and the Albert Nyanza. He also added considerably to our knowledge of the Latuka, Bari, and Acholi countries. Strange to relate, though he lived so much between 1877 and 1888 on the Albert Nyanza, he never once sighted the remarkable snow-range of Ruwenzori. This extraordinary omission may have been due to the fact that he was very short-sighted. He would, therefore, not himself have noticed any remarkable appearance in the sky, and probably the Negroes and Turks around him were too dull-witted to draw his attention to the snow-peaks on the rare occasions on which they were visible. In travelling along the west coast of Lake Albert Nyanza, however, he discovered the Semliki River flowing into that lake, and called it the river Dweru.[97] Emin Pasha’s journals and letters, which were brought to England by Dr. Junker, were issued as a book in 1888. Regarding this compilation, it may be classed as one of the few great books that have ever been written about tropical Africa. It is full of concise and valuable information on natural history, anthropology, languages, and geography.[98] He gives a very interesting description of the mountainous country of Lotuka (Latuka), and of the regions further east. He had been received by Latome, “an elderly gentleman of medium height and rather pleasing features,” who was the ruler of the nude and handsome Lotuka Negroids:--