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Once he is between colleagues, he will try and see if his theory about the lake is true.
Answer: 
Once he is among colleagues, he will try to see if his theory about the lake is true.

The tributary overflowed, as I must confess I witnessed once myself, but caused little damage.
Answer: 
The tributary overflowed but caused little damage.

Sir Henry Morton Stanley associated the lowering lake level and the prior earthquake.
Answer: 
Sir Henry Morton Stanley associated the lowering lake level with the prior earthquake.

Sunrise on Lake Tanganyika is beautiful, though lazy people don't deserve to see it.
Answer: 
Sunrise on Lake Tanganyika is beautiful.

Hot dang, I'll tell ya, our canoe trip down the Lukuga was fun as all get out.
Answer: 
Our canoe trip down the Lukuga was fun.

Conclusions about the draining lake were reached not so much by guesswork but by observation.
Answer: 
Conclusions about the draining lake were reached not so much by guesswork as by observation.

It wasn't long ago that I learned that Sir H. M. Stanley founded the Congo Free State in 1879 for Belgium.
Answer: 
Sir H. M. Stanley founded the Congo Free State in 1879 for Belgium.

At one time, claim supposed experts, the Congo may have terminated in an inland basin.
Answer: 
At one time the Congo may have terminated in an inland basin.

Oh man, can't ya picture it: our touring party, including yours truly, camped on the shore of Lake Tanganyika.
Answer: 
Our touring party camped on the shore of Lake Tanganyika.

To hike from the Congo to Lake Tanganyika is a challenging of one's self.
Answer: 
To hike from the Congo to Lake Tanganyika is to challenge one's self.

 

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