Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-11-09
Discovery Ofa Remarkable Country
i'm South Africa.

The Cape colony is, in its natural features,
not unlike The coast region Of Barbary. Ma.
tal, though without Nile, corresponds 10
Egypt, both in situation and in fertility,
yielding, like tha, country, the corn of the
temperate zone, and the cotton and sugar.
cane Of The tropical regions. Finally, be-
yond this habilable belt of country there
stretches great desert, like that of Sahara,
separating the liuoral region from the hilh-
erlo unknown Interior. This southern des-
err is known by the native name Of Kaliha-
ri, or. as il is spell in some maps, Kaligari.
ln some parts il has never yet, so far as is
known, been traversed by human foot. In
Others, few springs or reservoirs of rain
water, scattered al wide distances, enable
the natives 0t certain seasons 10 find their
way through it. The Kalihari, however,
does not extend across the entire continent.
Beginning OH the west coast, near Walwich
Bay, il stretches eastward nearly thousand
miles; but there the utter steriity gradually
ceases at about four hundred miles from The
Oaslernscoasi. The breadth of this desert,
from north TO south, varies from Two 10 four
hundred miles. Flr'I u
Near the southern border Of the desert, in
about the iwenty-flih degree Of south lati.
Jude, Dr. Livingston, an Intelligent and en-
ergelic missionary Of tho London Society,
established station al place called Kolo-
beng, a few years ago, with the hope Of ma.
King Il starting point for the further prog
ress into The unknown country 10 the north
ward. The great obstacle in The way was
the desert. A direc. passage across ii from
kolobeng 10 the northwest, in which di.ec.
lion the great lake was reported by The ma.
tives 10 lie, was found 10 be lmpractcable.
A large party Of tha, hall. caste and semi.
civilized people, the Griquas, with about
thirty wagons, twice attempted TO penetrate
this desert, and were each time compelled
BY wantof water TO return. Z, DR.. Lvings-
ton; however, believed. that it'could be pos
nible, by taking q circuilous route, 10 psss
round The eastern edge of The desert, and
shns, as il were, 10 'lurn' the obstruction,
] which could not be overcome by adircol at.
iRck. a2i tg coo H.au A,8 l. rI
dssIn making the attempt he had the good
fortune 70 gam me corporation OF TWO ex-
peFieDcedtrayelers, Messrs, Murray and Os-
we'll, who furnished the largest part Of the
requisite outfit The wholeparty, with iheii
wagons and naive attendants, leR Kolobene
onAhs lstof June, 1850. Taking course
first 10 the northeast, then 10 the north, and
finally, when they had passed the desert. to
fhe nofthwcst they at length came upon a
'magni6centriver' whichled them WESTWARD
TO theslakc. From KoIobeng 10 the rive
they had travelled about 800 mi les, and they
followed the windings Of The stream for al
equal distance before reaching the lake; III,
!, whole journey Of 600 miles occupying ubou
NO months. The lake was found 10 b,
about seventy miles in length, from east /,
wcsi, by apparently about half Tint breadth
from north 10 south. The Zonga River
which flowed from the lake toward the east
varied 10 widlh6om fifty TO bundled yards
ltwas traced for 900 miles TO The eastward
,un.il at atlenghiI disappears in marsh,
The shores Of The lake and the banks Q
Eihe, river were found to bcinhabited by lribe
OF fishermen. who called themselves, viii
tfue BARBARIAN magniIoquence, "Bayeiye,'