New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-06
AMERICAN GEOGPAPHICAL avn sTr
TTSTICAL SOCIE ry
nR. IIvINGsToNE AND A. nn cu

, of he -
lecture room OF inc ociety, Clinton Hall, the Hon
4Eo FOLSOM IN .ne chair. The Society appears to be
without Fres' emf, Prof Morse, who was elected
President Dol Aeiug member Of the Society. Al
shcogn INC sosn was crowded with people eager 10
near =. ~ Cbaiu, and the letter OF DR. Livngtone,
eonesder 6e time was spent in the discussion OF this
matter Mach more tine spent upon the bylaws
ID Secretary, d. W. FIsKE, esq, then read the FOL
sov Ang le,ter from DR.. David Livingstone, containing
"a account of his exploration of an atuent OF the han
Asxi, emphasizing It by map of Africa
IKTTERs OF DIR. LIVINGSTONE. ,
10 the Secretary II Eev York Geographical and Statistical
qErrr ZAxpAsl, Tuesday, Feb. q, 1859.
Ma DEAR SIR: Having been elected member
of your society take the liberty 70 send yon SNORT
account Of attempt to open the interior OF Africa
In the ope that though it may not appear interesting
70 your members il may, at least, show my COCO WIN
and desire to perform orreepondmg men9srs u SS
Weentered the delta of the Zamoasl IN Nay, ,oSss
salinc he most southery branch we could md, o9'
after ascending about 20 miles we found It lmpossoie
70 enter the Zambas by that as the points OF Junc'on
were filled up with reeds and other aquatic Piaa.s
You NAV have clearer IDEA Of the region you Dear
IN mid the fact that the ZanbaFi has in the couree OF
agee formed delta which juts out into the ocean ano
forms ahe most prominent part Of the coast Inc pre-
vailinR winds Of these quarters beat, almost con-
rtantv yainst the head Of the promoutory. These,
aided by the oceanic currents have hepsd TO dam up
ahe main stream bat the pent-up waters have escapeu
Sideways The main stream called Gua,sO' To = we
went after leaving the Southern branch, OUT saw no
possibility Of entrance during three days tnou8n n. M
r. Lynx has since found channel In ~ AMER seaiSn
of ten DAVIS We then proceeded TO examine the slde
branchss and the very first came to, called NOD,
gone, was all we required There are other gGou
ports but all in the side branches Inere are also
communicating branches between these, ana those
within Tie influence of the tides generally Deep
Having got into the main stream, We found tha' we
had in going to it and spending month there, al
lowed The water TO fall considerably. IL was also 80
yery much lower than usual that the Portuguese
prophesisd that could not ascend ten nhes' ~
was said also that war was raging, and no one Womb
be allowed to go up, even II ne co1Iu' Oul snIp
drew 9 feet inches and she was under engagement
20 90 to CeyloD. We, therefore, to avoid detention
m tie river sent her of, and went up 10 the seat
Of war IN a small steamer, drawing feet lncnes.
We mad no difficulty with the rebels, as they
were called indeed we got pilots from them, ana
continued ever after on the bet OF terms WITH tue
Portuguese. They were called Rebels, IA they nad
oil teen runaway slaves and bore me marks, oraSaS
ON tker chests Of their former servitude Slavenola
ers here must be civil for Is so easy to rnDa Fay toa1
slaves eoto the Lsndius who are OF the Zulu fanny
they never deliver them up have never hearu a ..
but one case the contrary, and the owne-a great
fayarte of theiTs-was obliged 10 give them ms iuli
value. This is DEPRESSION, but may finish oil by
saving that the Portuguese Governor attacked The
rebels and they retired before him, there being plenty
OF IRON for all parties.
We continue carrying on luggage up the river oli
November when reaches its lowest point, and with
cave a hat,bottomed boat would do business even
then. We know it at its very worst, and, as IT
eDreads out 10 from 10 three miles IN breadth, 1t
Is in many of the crossings not more than two and
half or three feet. Just the water stands twelve
feet above low ster mark in November, and
all quite that during at least eight months IN
eaea wear steamer of four five feet c0ald trade
without embarrassment The reasons why so little
has been known about the Zambasl River, have
been the branching in the stormy Pr1montory by
which twas hidden from naviga'ors. And their easy.
chair geographers, dreaming over the geography oi
Ptolomy, actually put down the Zambasi as flowing
into the sea Quimane, which, in his days. 1t proba-
bly, did, though not drop Of Zamoasl water IN or1l
rraafon
branch of the AngIO-American family planted their
footsteps on its banks, we are such a babbhng
newspaper set, the world would have known all
about it long ago; and no one would have VeDtured
TO play with this river as has been dOue making
II loee itself and flow under the kalaharo Desert.
You may form q better idea Of its size If
aell you Of one of the branches. We assembled tue
fibre lately fully hundred miles fromShe confluence,
and found il with atwo-fathom channel all the way
up Jtvared from so to $50 yards in width ard con-
tajns no sand banks 1t flows in beautiful fertile
VALLEY, about ~ miles high, and frnged with noun
tajps Of great beauty, well wooded to the top Mora
N. Vsla we aseended, and found it 400 feet high.
Tnis BY aistake is placed On ths wrong side OF the
Shire IN my maR) 1t was well cultivated
on the top, and had several fine little f1an-
taina the waters of which were slightly chaiy-
beat; they have bot sulphurous fountain at the
base Temperature l74o tahrenheit). The people
lad MANY sweet potatoes, hocus sargham and other
grains, and piIiSapples, lemon and orange trees.
they were very hOsP,taoe, and are independent Inc
vegetation s yery different from the plains, and 90 is
the climate yet with all these Disadvantages, no use
has been made Of as sanitOrum by the Portuguese,
e. ae fer ascertain, this river pas never
ssno, -ulored by Europeans before. One part
- r. liant valley of the Raine Is narshy
and abounded III la8oons' IN which grow great
quantities Of the rant Inc people |
were buss Aell-cc..i,55g the tubers which, when |
sed or roasted, resemble chestnutS; Iney are thus
LotopLagi, such are mentioned W hSro1otus' An
other part of the valley auounds n elephants. by
eomranons estimated the numbers we saw 81 elght |
hundred Herd upon herd appeared as far as the eye
could reach, and noble animals they ~ere we |
no,uetmes ebased them in little steamers, Tor tue
shore branches of occasionally and forms islands;
The upper part Of the valley is well peoped, and |
many Of the hills cultivated b % up. But never
having teen Europeans before, they looked Oh US |
with great suspicion The1 watched us constantly
well armed with bows lad poisoned arrows, read TO
Tepel any attack, on. no ncivlity was oherei when
we landed, nor were wooding parry molested
We obtained shat may be considered reliable nforma-
atiCn that Che Shire actually does flow out OF Lake
EyaDgA We were brought up by cataract, but five
dsrs 6eyound this point the water ID smooth again,
s1d Arabs come down in canoes from Nyanga
1hiher. Seeing the suspicion we had aroused, we
deemed il unsafe leave the vessel and go overland
But collision took place. The greatest coward hres
6rst. 60 thinking we had as much pluck as them,
we did not lf gun, though we were ready TO lire,
or rather shoot We did nothing to make us ashamed
70 return and mean 70 do 80 next month; and If
we have their confidence we may go further; They
had abundance of provisions, and soid tnem
~ cheap raie Also cotton Of two kinds, one in1f
eenOus short In the staple but very strong, and woody
l. tie feeling the other very fine, and long IN the st
ple. We brought a number OF specimens OF their
spindes and yarD and it was quite equal 10 Amer-
can Uplands did not offer them any American sceu'
The coton-pant Ia met with every where, ana taough
burned down annually springs up again az fresh
and strong as ever. They grow sugar-cane, 100,
bananas &c. The men are said by the Portuguese TO