, 1860-01-14
African EXptOratl0n%---Lut DIacoy,
cries or Dr.. Livingstone.

ttr.Hl thu y. I.J1usna1 OF corimesce Jaa 81
At = meeting of the Geographical and Statis-
ticl Society last night, letter WIS read FROM
DR.. Livingstone, the distinguished traveller,
under date If "Tette, Zanbesi, I'd February
ls39,' from which ne quote tue following inter-
csting account Of his ll,est discoveries:
We are quite sure now that, during ut
least nine months of each year, i steamer Of
four or i've feet con!l trade without en,basrass-
n!ent. The reason why so 1ittiehas been known
about sl.s Zasnbesi may hase been the br..uch-
M: M IN the story ptonunttry by which il was
hidden fr"nl navisators. AL those e:asy. CHAIR
geoSzaphers, dreaming over the yeo.rlrhv of
l'loleiny, actually put dnwn tho xaln6esi as
1owin:, into tue sea Of Quiftimaue, which in his
day It probably did, though not drop Of Fam
bes' Water, IN Ordinary circumstances, reaches
that port: nal some branch Of the Anc1n- AMI
eE;czus planted their footsteps on it* ba,,k-x,.
are such baobiiuy, ncw >paper sct-tte world
would have known all about it ,ou. uvo: mud
no ono would hare vtntureL to p!av with this
river as has been, aaslng it lose itself mud How
under The haahari desert"
Dr. Livingstone and his party asccr,led Il
braach Of this rlycr, the Shire" and he riyes
some account OF the people and thin - along
its hanks. IIesays:
:" 50 t'r rs VT can ascertain, this liver has
never been explored by Europeans before On.
port OF tue iuxuriant valley Of the Shire is
marshy, aud Astounding in lagcons, in which
grow. grent quantities Ut the lotus plant The
people were busy collccliu. t!,c tubers, which.
when boiled or roasted, rrs.mbiea cies.nuts'
They nre thus rea! lotopha=i, such as are ,nen-
toned by uesodotus. Another part Of the
valley abouu1ed in elephants. My cun,panion
Estimated the nus.ber ut orer SEQ. Herd uron
herd appeared as far A. tue eye could reach ::
anu EoIle animals they were We 's..,,,eti,ncs
chased them IN our little steamer Tor the Sntr.
branches oil occ ,sonally and t,rtns Islands,
The upper part Of Tie suley Is we'll peopltl and
many Ut Tue hills are cultivated hig up. Eut,
never having seen Europeans uei,1c, they look
ell On lis with great suspicion. They watt thc,}
US constantly, we!l armed with bows aud rois-
oued arrows, ready to repsi any a,1ack; but 10
'nci'''1t'es was offered when We landed, nor
were our wootlins, ra1ties mofestett. :
tn. greatest coward iires first; 40, thinking wc
lad ~ s''uch pluck they, VIC dill not lit I. gun
though wr sns t!,ens oyer ready to tirs or r.tf,
cr shuo.. VIZ did nothing. 10 make us ashamed
to 1cturn, md, if we have their confidence, VIC
may 90 further. They had abundance Of prorisi~
oees, anil .ola them ~ acheap rate: nlso cotton
of two k'nds-oue indigenous, short in tue
staple, but very sir0n aud wootly to the feeling
the other. from imported, very fine aud lon :;
:"We bought a number Of specimens Of their
spindle and yarn, ard. us it was quite equal to
american ui,!an.is. did not offer then, auy
An,arioan seed. The cotton plant il met with
everywhere. and. though burned down annual
| If, springs by again a. fresh anil strong ~ rv-
sr- They grow sugar cane. too, bananas, man
| ioc, DC. The men are said BIZ the Portuguese
| to be very Intelligent. but very wild. The wo.
men wear tue iip ornamcnt which the doctor
ticscsibes By diagram. 1t is RIM, ab1lt
four inches in circumference aaA nearly quar-.
i .sr ul IN inch thick, passing through large
hole In the lower lip, which is thus made Io
prosrude fri:htfNliy. ] am thus PARTICULAR
| says the doctor. sin case our avn la.les. whc