The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-02 00:00:00

Too VELS IN SOUTII AFRICA.

The cape papers publish the following summary
of the researches of Mr. Baldwin, who, in the esti-
mation of the colonists, rivals Dr. Livingstone in
activity and enterprisO:—
The'arrival of Mr. Baldwin, the indefatigable traveller
and hunter from Zambezi en route to Natal, places much
interesting information within our reach. We will premise
by stating that Mr. Baldwin has the.honour of being the
first white man who has
_penetrated to the Zambezi from
this coot; and is' the second white luau who ever saw the
celebrated Victoria Falls -Dr. Livingstone discovered five
years ago. Mr. Baldwin, after a most eventful and suc-
cessful hunt as far as Mozilikatze's country, left his waggons
on account of the fly, and his people having refused to
accompany him, he gallantly atarted, unaccompanied, on
foot, with that steadfast friend—his gun, and a pocket
compass ; he struck for the Victoria Falls ; he had no guide
but a map, and Dr. Livingsfone,s description. After much
distress, owing to the scarcity of . water and ignorance of
the country, interruption from wild animals, &c., he, to
his own groat astonishment, hit the river not three miles ,
above the Falls. He was obliged fo remain by the
river two days before any Kaffirs would come over in their
canoes. The river Was in this place at least 4,000 yards wide
with an immense number of islands, some of large extent.
.At length a canoe crossed, and as;Mr. Baldwin had shot a
rhinoceros, he regaled the Hairs and sent some meat to the
chief. The next day other boats came to bring, im over;
it had been ft sultry day, and,Mr. Baldwin could not resist
the tempting appearance of ,the col clear water, and with
the impulse plunged in : he got out again, fortunately
without accident. He was not aware that the 'river was
swarming with alligators, and the natives considered it dais-
gerous even to put their hand into, the water. A few days
after Mr. Baldwin saw a Kat& in the act of taking water out
of the river, when , one of these monsters sprung on him,
swam about 500 yards with the poor fellow, and then sank
`to devonr him. Mr. Baldwin was introduced to the petty
captain of the Bitokai, who asked hiin who he was? Answer:
An Englishman. How did youfmd your way here ? Showed
them the compass. This was considered a poor answer, so
Mr. Baldwin explained to them aa well as he could that
Livingstone told him to come. At the name of Livingstone
they showed much interest ; where he had seen him ? He
had never seen him. Then how could Livingstone tell hiin
to come if he never saw hire ? 'etc.; Ste., till our friend got
quite bewildered. As soon as possible Mr. Baldwin. was
off:to the far-famed Palle, the roar of which was fearful
even at three miles distance. Mr. Baldwin was loft in
amazement at these wonderful works of nature, and the de
scription given of them by Livingstone is tame and under-
drawn, for the reason that words cannot describe the wild
and fearful grandeur of the seem.

On his return to the Kaffir village he was 'summarily
taken prisoner, and the most unpleasant part of the busi-
ness was, he had no idea for what offence. He describes
this part of his adventures as ; pausing him a great deal of
'uneasiness ; with the river before him, deprived of his gun,
his enthnsiasin waned, but not his pluck. He remained in
this positiPn several days, 'when Most opportunely and
'unexpectedly, Dr. Livingstone arrived, accompanied by
his brother Charles and Dr. Kirk, with a retinue of 70
Makololos, all armed with double-barrelled guts.
The doctor was on his way from Tete to Linyant, 76 days.
on foot from Tete. The only animals they had with
them were two donkeys, the use of which Dr.
Kirk and Mr. C. Livingatone were often glad to avail
themselves of, but Dr. Livingstone had footed it the
whole distance. He was in good health and excellent
mettle. The Livingstone party were not a little astonished
at finding Mr. Baldwin there.. A favour that Mr. Baldwin
asked, was Dr. Livingstone's good services to get him out of
quandary, when the explanations were singularly amusing.
The Kaffirs said, this man comes here in a most wonderful
manner, and the first thing he does is to jump into the river,
which is like death. Next he goes to the Falls and attempts
to go where a monkey would not dare venture. We were sure
he would kill himself, and then some one would not believe
he killed himself, but would say we killed him. So we took
care of him, as he was seeking his death. The Doctor told
Mr. Baldwin that he had penetrated to lat. 14.1 S.'; and
discovered Lake Shirwe, ninety miles long, and another
lake which, from description, must be more than three hun-
dred miles long.