Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-08-20


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be discoveries thty mnde eaasis<ed d twe fresh
water lakes, thore nf Ujiii and NysHss. the bare
existence II The lrst Of which .nly bal been
knosa, while thai Of the latter. By Ia the largest
bad NOT even beeH suspected.
W. shall canine oar natiss to de lake Nyanza
a. the most important. It was found 10 lie 3,1Oo
feet above the level Of the -. aud hence ab.,se
thru tines higher than the Lake Of Geneva. tie
brendfh wns esfimated from forsy % ninety miles.
and iis isneth csajeeiursd atthses haadred, which,
would give IL m srea equal 70 that VI two-thrds
Of Ireland. This mighty iulspd ven h eanjec-
tured by Capt. Spoke 70 be tho trne and long
s.ught source u the Nile; . question which has
pushed civilized men tor two thousand years, and
ID stili unserled. IN our judgment the question
has msre OF wsrds than OF substance. Every
great river has many source., and il depends on
the nomenclature 10 which Of the several contrib
tcs has assigned. We have, however. no doubt
but that the water Of the Lake Nyanza does con-
tribute largely toward feeding the classic stream
the nundation of which 10 the s,urce 1T tho fer
tility of that Egyptian yalley which for thousands
# years has exercised 70 large IN in1ucace on
the civilization Of man.
OF the country and people seen by aar enter
prisng travellers we have but few words to say.
The land 10 evidently less favored Ly nature than
that VI the western side Of the continent. and the
negroes are physically, and perhaps even IN ,nally
inferior. The eastern side possesses no navigable
rivers leading to the sea Us does the western. nor
has it the g,ld or the valuable palm oil Of tho lat
ter. It's corps consist of milet and of maize. the
latter resolved from America through India. With
apparently abundant facilities for irrigation, not
q grain of RICE the main cereal OF tropics, is
grown by tho rude and stupid inhabitants. The
only valuable product il coffee -still, however, in
n wild state only This is peculiar indigenous
plant in this part If Africa. although We call it
Arabian, because We first derived it in its cutiya
ted state from that country. The common fowl
and oxen. the latter used only for their flesh and
small milk, but not for labor, are the only animals
known, and so Is the hardy ass. except to few
Arabian settlers. Man. then. has here no help
tn his toll. without which any respectable progress
towards civilization is impossible. A hardy,
coarse cotton is grown, and the art Of weaving
fabric of corresponding quality is understood
so is the art If making malleable iron, the high.
est stretch of negro civilization in this part Of
Africa. Letters nre unknown TO the negroes cf
the eastern coast, rs indeed they IRE u all Afr-
can negroes. The staple exports consist Of the
bodies Of the Inhabitants in bondage aud IF the
tusks Of tho slaughtered elephants. The import
correspond in vnlue. 1t would lie but to deceive
the public to prcmise beneficial commerce. with
such country aud such people, London En-
dmiaer.