New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-26
GEOGR4PHICAL.

The last newe from the Zambes expedition Is 10
the efee; that The little steamer Ma Robert was totally
dsabled and the party headed by Or. Livingstone had
set out on overland Journey direct to the makoolo
country Upon their return from that region they ex-
pec,ed 10 find a new steamer waiting for them. In
such a case, Dr. Livingstone would immediately a..
tempt 10 reach Nyassa by means of the River Rowan
which s ssid 10 take its rise in that Lake, and % be
navigable for more than one hundred leagues. The
members Of the expedition were in good health
A letter from Guillaume Leiean, dated Khartoum
Aug. 9 brings ~ the information that owing to the
hostile relations existing between the whites and the
river tribes Of the White Nile, the French geographic
hss abandoned his idea Of ascending the rver 10 com
papy with one of the armed caravans. He had re-
solved instead 70 leave Khsroum on the 18th Of Au-
gust for KordoaD where he would be able 10 scqu+ln
hinyen with the character Of the Government aud peo-
ple of Darfour From kordofan he intended # the
nroeet proved to De 81 al practicable to continue his
march 70 the eouth-east and TO strike the WING Me
again come TWO degrees north Of the line
On the 22d Of July Captain Fischer Of tbe Gillian
h,;o Tubal Cain, discovered new island eghty-nYe
marine n lice of the coast Of Chh. II lies between
Valparaiso and CoqUimbo exactly ~ tie route furuea
by vessels passing round CAPE HON.. The leland s
from fifteen 20 twenty marine olles IN length, us hgh.
es, elevation is from 900 70 30 feet above the sea- ano
IT, central point lie situated II south lat 81 ~ and
west long IS 90 Captain Fischer believes It to be OF
recent fyrulaion by meens O: voeamc acton, Tor u
hes in such ircquented psrt OF Ine ocean and Il 20
large that anles lately formed II must nave before
this found lis way into The ohsIls'
-Captain Spoke, with his companion Captain Grant,
and the rest Of the new Eastern African Expedition
arrived at Zanzibar a little after The middle Of sePem-
Der. They Immediately left for the interior, and a.
die Latest accounts they were, on O.obeT ], o. emp
Bassmoys Capt Spoke writes that be hoI+s 70 meet
Nr. Cons,l Pe,herch a. or near CONDO More on 'hs
Nile Bu, the funds raised for this gentlcmsns pro-
MI exrlo,aaon % tie south Of Khartoum, are not
We, sufcien, 70 wsrsnt bis setting out hllnough ene
Eor,;yr Office aud Roysl Geographical Society have
each subscribed tlUN'
Dpvevr;er s,iu continues be aJiuous LAHORE ia the
Sahara. He hast Just cent 70 the GeogTSphca society
"a Paris an itinerary Of his journeys during Ihe nIs'
half Of the present year. AFTER snof eAoUrSioA "
Con,sntne he Ieh Biskra on the lt Of February and
set ont for Nafa Once A. Marta be determined 70 exc
lora the intervening eons which surround E D1end,
repsrksbls tract covered with saline incruststiou,
"a s,osrlv connected with the IN the character
- lo,oon' Duvevrier, on the eth Of July, was "a
soroonrt bu, would probably leave for Ghadsmes on
the leth or Goth o that month and pass some time at
chat oass lie mentions tie discovery Of seVersl
Roman inscriptions snd giyes some details Of the meas
nremep,s Of hights and distances which he hss made.
-Vbe paper OF Capt. Mauy, read before the Royal
Biographical Society in London, November %, was
Iaensd to BY very large audience. His subject wac
DTbe Pbysisel Geography Of the Sea- more particu'
lsrv ~ connection with the clim,oiogy etc, OF the
Antarctic Regions." DE repeated II greater length
The rsasns v hieh he gave IN bis letter 70 the lNs'sh
Association for believing that the southern Pose was
surrounded by d Tract wbere comparatively nano Gu
,Date pYeysied and he urged upon the Lnssn uoVein'
,nent and the Geographical Society tie noce@ay o. "a
syned,op % esplose Tie interior Of tie great Antarctic
s,5,ioen,. The greatly enlarged add much revised
s6;tion Of Capt. Maurys work On me sea, which ne
bs. ms i,soeI At London, under the somewhat H.
ted tile Of "Tbe Physical GeogsPhy dHd Meteor
oyoo,, Of The sa has beer warmly welcomed by the
Bn.sh press
The recon, letter received by Dir Grinheli ron
NJ Han announces the totl los II Is boat "L.cn
had been buia expressly for his voyage 70 hng
Win;aJo,s Land. M. Han, however, b. his eh'hof''
s,uo aud setiyi,y had leeu enabled u " Laeaais ~ ~