The New York herald., 1863-07-26
The um., ,oval ,oasts having been given,

The usual loyal toasts having been given,
The CHAIRMAN proposed the tcas of the evening-Tne
he aths OF their fellow members and brother officers,
Captains Speke and Grant,, whom he characterized a.
the two modern heroes OF the ME- he aavored 70 ne
fact that the time Of Herodotus the source tnAS
river had been subject Of curiosity ana qnoseo from
Lucan show that the ancents regarded as tne dans
mystery. He said that thirty years ago, IN reading
work Egypt he had been struck with the wording OF
that am, and that shall be- and no mortal can his
the veil that surrounds me That wos popularity attr
outed by the Fgyptians to the Divine hand oas M,
ideas OF The origin OF their sacred stream That orgI
however, had now been discovered by their iends cap
tains Speke and Grant, and he heartily congratulated
them their great achievement cloud cheers.) 1hers
directors who asked, "Cn bonop" in the same
spirit as theScotch mathematician, who when invited 70
perusa OF Milton quietly inquired what II would proven
aughter) To these directors he could only reply thae
any who unraveed leaf Of the book OF nature, and
who, the prest Interpreter nature expounded
one passage IN her open scroll beneactor to man
Taschandorf, who succeed in finding original mans-
script Of the fourth century upon Sinai how
much more pride should they feel in the abors Of thes
friends and results OF which had that
could estimator When Newton brought ray Of light
dark chamber and separated it into Its component
made its limbs quiver BY Of agent til then un-
known, their experiments might have been regarded
at the time trivial, but what unreasonable power
And 90 with their guests It was impossible
now 70 l0rsssS s what to science might
1t opened TO In language in ethnology and In geogra
phical inquiry (iear) II might be the OF intro
ducipg country OF g0rllas and possibly might
supply Professor Huxley with his "missng lnk0
Uaughter) They did not yet fully understand the
discovery, much less were they able TO estimate ta
value, and they waits for the book Captain Speke
had promised them gain further Information upon tho
subject. (Hear.)
Captain Spike in acknowledging the compliment paid
graceful tribute TO the hospitality OF his entertainers,
and dwet upon his attachment the service OF which
both he and they were members He then stated that
after being ten years In lndia he took fough and
stead OF coming direct home spent time In Africa,
uh had ha<au tho land nf h,o RA~-
all aware Of what he had done there. (Eieaf.
hear) II was not every expedition OF the kind that was
successful and his first journey he speared and
kicked out Of the country. (Laughter That tho
time OF tho In the Cmea and as that too great
nducement for him to Withstand, no proceeded
Society then in full force, wished large tract in Africa
TO be explored, piece Of land which described by
certain church missionaries to be large the Cas-.
plan Sea At the suggestion OF Sir George Back,
petition was accordingly organized, In which he (Cap-
tain Speke) took part, and laid down what they saw
in the map before them-the southern end 0f tho
Victoria NyanZa lake He believed the that
the NvanZa was the source of the N.ie, he had
surveyed in ThiDet, and such q striking re.
sembance between Of the lakes there and that to
When he returned he had sooner shown hts maps u
Sir Roderck Murchson than he said TO him "Speke wa
must send you there again." (Cncers) Captain Grant,
old fellow sportsman in ndia volunteered take 3
part in the expedition, and honorable, uprighs
and honest man he never met with. (Hcar, hear) He
had told them all the tale, and returned his MOST
sincere thanks for the honor they had done him in maxi
ing him one OF their guests on that occasion.
Captain GBANr also briefly returned thanks.
The Home Government Of India, proposed by Colonel
the Council and 'The Visitors" concluded tine list oa
toasts.