Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-04-06
SOURCES OF THE NlLE-DIscovE.

SOURCES Ot' HE NlLE-DloSof z
RlES.-The last number OF Liuei's Living age
has remarkably Interesting article on Verne
expedition 10 The sources oil The Nile. This won
dcriul stream, our readers know, has never oeen
traced to lis source, which IS somewhere 10 'he
interior Of Africa. The Nile has TWO branches,
called The Blue Nile and The White Nile. ne
source OF the former Of these was discoVcieu by
Bruce in the interior OF AbySslra, but such was
the popular belieflhat he sources oil The ME- couiu
not be discovered, that Bruce was not oeiieVeG!-
One OF the best modern travellers, wholoid very
accurate story, was not believed because Il was
incredible that the springs OF The Mic should De
known, or that such peculiar race al the DlachS
should exist as We're iuuLd in those regions OF an
Client Ethiopia
Believed or not however, Burce's account was
true. He did discover the springs o. me Blue
Nile. But lhe Blue Niie vas much the snnIt.S'
branch Il bufe The same relation to the " M"
Nile (Which IS the real river,) as the Urfer Wis
sissipp does 10 he Missouri. II is the Inferior
branch The rea! source Of The Nile fenailed
TO he discovered, and Is mol yet known.
The White Stream, (Nile) which IS The
Western branch, is the largest. Prior 10 The rx-
petition fitted out BY Mehemed All, IN ioou,
and in which Mir. Verne was passenger, the
about 10 degrees. But, although The source Is
not vel exactly known We do know that il is very
near. il not lu>l exactly on The equator.
Mr.. Verne, in this expedition, reached latl-
tude four degrees or nearly four hundred miles
beyond the previously ascerained limit. There
was an obstruction or fall IN the stream, aud IT
grew narrower as Mr.. We're thought; but il
was quite certain It's sources were yet several
hundreds Of miles farther. The sources OF the
Nile and the Niger will probably be found not
lar apart They are said 10 he IN the "Nonn-
tains of the lHoon;" but who knows any thing
Of the "Nountans of the Nooh9 No one.
They are Unknown lands, which may yet re-
ward some future adventures with the fame oil
discovery.
1t is most curious, that the latitude degrees
ito which Mr.. " erne penetrated) is se'eraI de-
grees beyond The point al which The heads OF tfc
Nile are placed, on our common maps, WINE u
is certain that the real springs were yet nun
dreds of miles beyond latitude degrees. All
our ideas of Central Africa, !generaly repre-
scented as desert are deranged by the Tact,
that Mr. Verne found these remote regions
luxuriant in foliage, and inhabited by dense
swarms of people! These people were, some
Of Ihem gigantic in stature, whi.e they were
most savage IN HE.
The voyage of this Egyptian expedition was
ne OF peculiar interest 1t has but recently
been gwen 70 The English public, Mr. Werne
being German. Blackwoods Magazine thus
speaks OF u:
I'VE can conceive few things more exciting
than such a voyage as Mr.. Verne has accom-
Pushed AID recorded. staiIiu2 from The ouipus ;
ol civilization, ne sailed oo The very heart OF
Area, up stream whose upper waters Wee
then Tor the is time turfuwed 10y vessels large
Than sa2asc's cdGOe-d stream 81 snch S'9ahuI
proportions, ia rs Width, a thousand mi e
trom the SEA. gave il The aspect u lake rdhef
lhan II ! figrr. fne brute creation were IN pro- !
portion with the macnItude OF The waier-cunfse. |
Tue hippopn Janus feared his huge sncu! above |
tie suffice ani waiowed in the guies that on
either hand Gun down 10 the stream; enormous |
ciocni lies -apeG along the shore. elephants |
played in nerds upon III fasurss; The tall
gratis stalked among he lofty palms; snakes |
tnck as tees lay cuied IN the shiny SWamps |
and ant hills len ieei high, lowered above |
the iusHss. Along The lhicalg peuped banks |
hories OF ,dvaseS showed themselves, saz. |
iug IN wonder al tie strange ships, and making |
a ambiguous gestures, yarlonSly construct ~ he |
adventures IS signs OF friendship OF hostility
Alternately sailing of towing, as The WIND serv |
we'd or nO--curs,sutiy in sight Of natives, au !
rarely communicating. with ihem-of en- cui oil |
IL days from land by inerminabie fields OF tan |
sled Weed>--t the expedition pursued It's course |
through innumerable perks guaranteed from mos
Of them rs lie lienii rampant on which II, float
e.. Lions .pokei hungry and SavaeeS shook |
their spears, but neither showed disposition "a
SWIM of anG board The toilla "-CincinnGtt |
a tdS.