Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-10-25
DlscoverIes In Afrlen.

The Cape Town Mail, of August 20, has the
following copy Of letter from DR., Livingstone
to Sir George Grey, containing sketch Of some
important geographical discoveries in addition
10 those recently announced by that distinguish.
cd explorer: 4Je OGI
"RIvER SHIRE, June |, 1859
"MY DEAR SrR GEoRez:---We have later dis
covered a very fine lake by going up this river
in the steam launch about 100 miles, and then
msrchiDg some fifty more on foot. II is called
Shirwa, and Lake N'gami is mere pond in oom-
parison. 1t is, moreover, particularly interest
ing from the fact reported by the natives on its
shores that it is separated by strip Of land of
only five or six miles in width from Nvanja, or
Lake F'ymyosi--the stars---which Burton has
gone to explore. Lake Shirwa has no outlet
and the waters are bitter, but drinkable. 1t
abounds in fishes, leeches, alligators and hip.
popotam We discoverel also by examining
partly branch of the Shire, called Rue, that
one portion of Shirwa is not more than thirty
miles distant from point that may easily be
reached by this launch, which by newspaper
measurement draws tbiitcen inches, and actually
thirty enc. The Lake Shirwa is very grand
II is surrounded on all sides by lofty green
mountains. DTomba, or as people nearest it
say, Zomba, is over 900 feet high, of same
shape as Table Mountain; but inhibited on the
top; others are equally high utinaccessible -
Il is high land region-the lake itself being
about 1000 feet above the sea 1t is 20 or 80
miles wide, ard so or 60 long. On going some
way up a hill. we saw in the far distance two
mountain tops, rising like islands on waiery
horizon. An inhabited mountain island stands
near where we first came tl it. From the size
of the waves it Is supposed TO DO deep MIR
| Maclear will show you the map. DR.. Kirk and
/ l with so Makololo formed the land party.
| The country well peoped aud very much like
Lauda 10 the middle of the couDtry, many
streams rising out Of bogs-the vegetation nearly
| identical also. Never saw so much cotton grown
ss among the Maaganga Of the Shire and Shir-
wa ValIeys--all spin and weave it, These
are the ATTITUDES " hich have always been 20 mt
ed out az the cotton and sugar lands; they are
pre- eminenty SO, but such is the disinterestCd
ness Of some people that labor is exported to
Burbon instead ofbeing employed here The
only trade they have is that Of slaves, and the
only symptoms of impudence we met were from
a party of BAHAMA slave traders; but they chang
ed their department instantly, on hearing that
we were English and not Portuguese. There
are no Maravi at OF near Shrwa; they are all
west Of the Shire, so this lake can scarcely be
called Lake Maravio; the Portuguese know
nothing OF it, but the minister who claimed
(blue book for 1857 the honor of first trayersS
ing the African continent for two black men,
with Portuguese names must explain why
they did not cross the Shirws. 1t lies some
forty OF fifty miles on each side of the latitude
Of MosambiqIe. They came to Tete only, and
lacked at least 400 miles of Mozambique We
go back TO Shirwa in July. and make push for
N'yinyesi ..T