Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1860-03-27
Exploration Of Afriea-The Livingston Explor,
tIon-DiscoveEy of New Cotton Region

been received at London by her Maiesty
steamer Lynx. To late Iaie in Deceniber. DR.
Livingstone and has party then AT kon.
/ gone harbor. on the Zambesi delta. and witt
the aid of the engineers of the Lynx. were en-.
gagged IN repairing their steam launch. the NJ
Robert. the IRON plates of which have now been
worn IN the tiinness nf a They hal re-.
turned from secund expedition up the Shire
- which they penetrated far up beyond Lake
ShIrwa to Lake Nya,sa The former they as
eerta!ned 10 be sheet of water ninety miles in
length while the latter Is of still larger mag
n'tude, and one of the chain OF lakes of which
the discoEeries of Cap'aInS Burton aud Speke
are the continuation nnrtLward.
Dr- Livingstone speaks in glowing terms OF
the c uniry which he trayersed. and he has sp-
pied 10 the Church Missionary society in Lou
u'n To exert themselves for occupying it. as a
most inviting mission field. Mr.. Baines the
artist of the expedition has been compelled.
from failing health. 10 come down IN the Lynx
10 The Chpe. bat he PURPOSES returning again t"
the ZamhesI before long. Mr.. Thornton. the
ge"l"gisi. had prnceeded IN July last the in-
terror, on an independent xpesiiiinn of his owl
IN company with some tnrtug Iese traders
And when The Lyux left the kougoue. Dr. Liv-
ings'one. with his brother. DR.. Kirk and Nr
Rae. were t. return ~ Tete with the Ma Rob
ert, and thence overland by foot on "A visit TO
the Makok"io country. This journey was
pected To extend over period of al least eight
months.
! DISCOVERY OF A NEW COTTON REGTnS
! To the Editor OF the Manchester ,ardIan:
| SR-lou are n liberty to publish the en-
closed letter from the brother of DR.. Livingstone
\ He sends me SIX samples Of cofturt, winch |
value as follows: No. /. 715d. to II. No. 4
| h34d To Id. No 3. 63td, TO III. barely NJ.
| 4. 6lad 10 Sgd; No ,, 6lad. to Id. No. 6
/ 511d 10 sgd; all exceedingly useful quail
ties. particularly the four first. The two last
Will be substitutes. till improved. for Eas, In
an cotton. The cotton may he seen here
Yours. truly, THos. CLEGG.
Mount St. Manchester
February %, 1850
RIVER SHINE. Nov l. 1859.
=" Mr DEAR MR. CLEGG Wc have jusl re-
turned from visiting the Lake \ yassa. the
source of the river Shire anu what i of greater
Importance, have discovered great cation
growing and cotton imam uiirturing country.
The cotton is of Two kinds-uatlve and foreign.
The native Is short III the staple, and feels more
like wool than cotton. rhe foreign appears to
be of good quality, with a staple from three
fourths of inch 10 inch in length. 1t Is
perennial. and requires planting only oLce IN
three Years, while the native has to be planted
annually, in the highlands. yet the people pre-
fer the latter. because, they say. II makes the
stronger cloth. We remarked to n number OF
intelligent looking men Ia one village. = on
,ho nd plant plenty OF cation, and perhaps the
En- slI-h will come soon aud buy 1T Truly
the country Is full of c"lton,' replied one elder
" u'an, who trader. and had travel d
much aud our own observation confirmed the
truth of tins. Every where At while
passing through two and a halt deg. of lati-
t'ide. and II probably exteads much further.
Every family appear, t" have a piece of cotton
ground. and 1T WAS gratifying To see how clear
of weeds and grass they kept them. Doctors
Livingstone and ktrk. while passing through a
part OF the same region last ApIil. cotton
patches of from two 10 three acres each. though
thus time ON a different route, We did not Oh
serve any containing more than one-thIrd OF an
acre. They were. IN general, about quarter
of an acre each. IN every village men
busy cleaning, spinning and weaving cotton
The looms are of the simplest pOssI be cnn-iruc
ton. aud all the processes are exceedingly
slow.
This vast cotton region is easily accessible
The Shire joins the IambesI about one hundred
miles from The sea below the difficult parts OF
the latter river; and for one hundred and
twelve miles the Shire has deep channel. the
river being trom one hundred and fifty TO two
hundred yards wide. One hundred and TIVE
miles from lts mouth the caiaracts commence
(lat. } deg ) min 5 aud for thirty miles the
river Is not navlgable goods would have 10 be
carried overland here) above the cataracts 10
Lake Nyassa sixty miles the river Is again
uavlgabie and how far 10 the north the great
avigabie lake extends We do not know. The
native, said that il would take months TO get
TO the head of The lake.
The Sh.re Valley IS about twelve miles
wide the foot of the lake. but som expand,
to twenty or thirty, being bounded on both
sides all the way by ranges of hills. the range
on the east or left bank being very lofty.
There IS an exceedingly fertile plain both
sides of the river Owe travelled Oh both SIDES of
the river (and pretty well cultivated on the
Upper Shire. where A. Il about twelve hundred
lee above the level of the Ascending the
eastern range of hills by steep path. we soon
reach a plateau. five hundred or six hundred
feet higher second ascent of one thousand
feet, and we find another plateau, three or four
miles wide. aud IN a short time We gained the
highest part, upwards oil three thousand feel
above the level of the and f d our
selves on an extensive table land. which IN
these three distinct divisions extends some dis
rance below the caiarac.s. Ihis high tai Ie
land is from twelve to flurecn miles wide and
Its eastern side slopes gradually down 10 Lake
Tamandua or ShIrwa (eigh' cen hundred feet
above sea level.) east of which we saw some
lofty mountains
lon the table, land are numerous bills, aud
tive mounlnins-Chuadzpa, about 5000 feet
high Zpmbi,. at the hern extremity which
was asceuded.) from 1.u0n to 5000 feet IN
height, and twenty miles loug, from north To
sonth The whole of this country Is remafka-
ably well waiered wonderfully numerous are
the streams aui mountain rIlls of cOul clear.
gushing water. Even Yombia has river about
twenty wards wide flowing through fine val
lev near IFS summit. On one occasion we
passed eight streams and a tine spring in a
single hour. and this at the end of the dry
"Fhese highlands seem to possess saiubTi-
Gus climate the air was bracing. and We sa
an unusually large number OF old, grey headed /
men and wnrnen. The cotton couniry-not
that merely " ere cotton may be easily grown,
but where thew are actually growing It-begIns
twenty or thirty miles below the cata- acts, and
extends up to the lake. and probably far eyoud
both on the plains and III the hIshlands-the
foreign cotton growing At the lake aud in differ
ent places for thirty miles belaw. and also
again below the caiaracts, while the native =
cultivated throughout the whole extent OF
country. The people live IN villages, and are
pretty numerous They seem to be al INDUS
trIous race
Iron Is dug out of the hills. and each village
has one or tw O .rneliin houses Fron their 4
tlve, iron they manufacture hoes. axes. spears.
arrow-heads knives aud numerous ornaments
Nearly all their own ciOthIBg they prepare
themselves ii consists either OF the bark OF
trees -klns of eoals-for there few or 10 Wild
animals n the highland. the ll-peoPied
nlalu.-snd native cloth and th-y are also
GREAT cultlra;cr5 OF the soil. men. women and
cniIdrcn are of en- seen work IN the held.
This seems really iiue country for henevolent
enl.rDrt-e-.eairhy highlands aai the maiarI-
sIs for coFn4n,fce sud -a'er communicative
-i,b bat a single srcep'Ies. Let market he