Smyrna times., 1857-02-04
niseaseriss I'm Southern Africa.

Although DR.. Livingston, the English trav-
o,.~ basS not vet published the result of his
r.suieucf for sixteen years in Southern Africa,
ouel,s II of which time was spent in extensive
iourneyings, yet he has made known snhclent
10 regard TO the people and the character OF
,I,at part of the African continent to excite
h,gh degree OF public interest. The travels OF
nr Livingston extended inte the interior from
aha South as far as the 9Th parallel OF South
Ia,tude-a region hitherto. untrodden by the
t,o, of the traveller. He has been struck down
by African fever thirty times, and carries a
hr,ken arm, the effect of an attack by a lion.-
lie has constantly slept in the open air, in the
,uost uuwholeseme climates, and is almost black
from constant exposure to a hot sun. His most
important discovery is connected with the river
leeambye. which, after innumerable windings,
he has traced to the river Zambeze, and which
discharges itself into the sea by the MOzam-
bloue channel. The Leeambye consists of a
system of rivers, which spread out periodically
into great sea, filling hundreds of lateral ca
mails. The principal stream is about thou
sand yards broad. But small portion of its
water reaches the sea, the remainder being
absorbed by vast lakes and marshes. 1t is so
diminutiye when it reaches the sea as TO be
unnayigable for vessels. 1t will, however, be
of great use, as means of communication with
she inter or. sti
DR.. Livingston has ascertained that large
portion of the space which is represented by
blsak in South African maps consists of fertile
countries inhabited by populous tribes, and in-
tersected by large rivers. The farther he
traveled into thejnterior OF Africa, the more
civilized and numerous he found the inhabi-
sants. They were less feroclous and suspi-
ci6us, had better and more settled forms of
III than
tribes He met tn tribes who practised in.
oculation, and knew the medicinal virtues of
gdiniae a nd moreover, they hada tradition of
Noah's deluge. They traded 10 ivory and
goid.s The number of large animals of the
chase met with between the 9Th and 22d de-
graes of south latiune was perfectly marvellous.
They fad their, subsistence upon extensive
plains of coarse herbage, which, with the abun-
dant waterInelons, enable both man and beast
t0 travel in that portion OF Africa. Many
tracts in that country, however, cannot be
traversed on account OF insects that sting
b.qsts Ot burden to madness.
the Doctor found that the climate of East
ern Africa W as more humid than The other Sec
ti0ns Tne natives were athletic and brave
The next or middle zone is comparatively arid
and Hat. The inhabitants are not as well de-
veloped as the Caffres. The western portion
10 nearly Hat and sandy, but it i, not desert
There Is abundant of vegetables, but water is
scarce. The inhabitants manage to subslst OH
very small supply of the precious fluid, some
0t winch is Obtained from tuberOuS roots. which
cOntaIa in their cellular tissues supplies ofpure
water. In the plains are immense numbers of
Ostriches and antclopes, which can subsist for
months without water.
The Doctor discover ID curious race of peo-
~. I'LL n.l- al l,.,.. al.
Zlnga and some other rivers who never fight,
but submit quietly TO every tribe which conquers
the country. They say they never fight be-
cause their iorefathrrs tried to do so once with
bowsof palma christi. and as they broke they
gave up the practice entirely. There seems
to be scarcity of diseases in AfrIca-no con-
sumption or scrofula. hydrophobia, cancer, chol-
era, small pux. or measles. In every village
there were crowds OF ch ldren. This explains
why. with all their wars and kidnapping, their
numbers do not diminish.
TRoTrISG AT THE SOUrH.-The fancy for
fast trUtting horses is extending among the
turfinen atthe South. Several trotting courses
have been laid out, and at Mobile there will be
regular trOttlng meeting in the spring. 81
southerners once get taste for trottng harses
there will be great demand for the % fast y
stock at the Norrh which even tax on north
erH predictions will not prevent. Already We
see advertisements in the southern papers o
-Rorthern horses" for sale.
OF DIR. I.anderer, medica' man at Athens
announces that he has discovered a sovereign
specific against sea sickness. His remedy is Il
give ten or twelve dIops of chloroform in wa
ter. The chloroform, IN most cases, remove.
nausea, and persons who have taken the rene