The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-02 00:00:00

Mr. Aspinall Tlirner, M.P., has communicated
the following (private) letter to the _Manchester

Guardian:—

earl, June 10.
e to inform you that
"Screw Steamer .7.2
" My dear am happy to be Al,
we have had a prosperous voyage ever. since we left Liver-
pool, and that, after a good deal. Cif what may be called
exploration, we are now threakingour wayup the Zambese,
"We went first of all to the most southerly branch, as
that was reported to be preferable to the main stream ; but
after going up about 70 miles, we found that the connecting
line was choked with a peculiar kind of grass or rush which.
floatti on the surface. Though a large body of fresh water
was flowing through, the vessels could not proceed. The
harbour and bar are both good, and for 70 miles a navigable
river flows through extensive plains, where Sea Island
cotton could be cultivated, and would be invaluable were it
in the Cape Colony. We then went to the Luaho, or
Parker's branch, but: found, though the river is very large,
and the water fr,;th outside, a double bar rendered it dan-
gerous. Returning seven miles south, we found a very fine
bar and harbour called Kongone. This communicates by
two brauchea with the main stream, and as one of these is
only .five miles long, we entered by that, and having the
little steamer Ma Robert acting as a pilot to the larger, we
are feeling our way as cautiously as we can. We tried
atkother large mouth from the inside, but the bar was bad
:There are many fine branches, but the Portuguese have
I kept them secret.
" Near the mouth of the branch Kongone, my brother
stumbled on cotton growing in a deserted native garden,
which does not adhere to the seed as that I saw up the
river, and the pile or staple is longer than the Angola cot--
ton. I enclose a specimen.
" Wh-en at Sierra Leone, I left there a small cask of seed
for Ms:. Gabriel, of Loanda, and would fain have gone and
triea'to stir up some of the people of that country (de-
(.ld2(lly the best in Western Africa) to bring their produce
to market.
" I am distributing Sea Island seed to different persons
on the Delta, and they express perfect willingness to culti-
vate itffor sale.
" WAame, however, in what seems a most unfortunate
position of affairs, yet it may come cut ultimately to be for
the best. The first news we got was that the Portuguese
were all obliged to flee to the coast, and we found that such
was actually the ease—the half-castes had rebelled, and all
had fled to Quiliman& Fortunately we were not in the
country at the time, or we should have been accused of
stirring up the natives.
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" I will let you know how we get on higher up.ians. IdVe
have had no sickness yet. Quinine every day for a

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" With kindest regards to Mrs. T. and your family, I
am yours most truly. "DAVID LIVINGSTONE.
" P.S. 21st June.—We send the Pearl sooner on her
voyage than we anticipated. We were strictly charged to
run no risk with her. The river is now falling '• so that
though a vessel drawing four or five feet would still go up
to Tete, sh©, drawing 9 feet 7 inches, would be in danger.
We land our goods on an island, and go up by successive
hips in the stetun launch
~ mK. q . 4spinall Turner, m.p,,,