The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-08-26

Seventh and EohndA the Sixth one of the
descendants of these sOvercigns now pos
scsSing from three thousand to four thuu.
san6 wiVea.
The determination of the reservoir from
which the Nile flows will enable us to spec
ulatc with more accuracy than h,torc on
the regular pcrudicitv or the rise of this
stream in Egypt. and which is now gonrr.
ally attributed, not To the melting as the
snOws of the higher chain hWt, IN TAT the
greater part TO the fall OF the equatorial
rain Oh the interior spongy upper basins,
which, when Supctsaturated, must bill 10
OVERLOOKING the lakes into which the va.
tels pass, the pcriodicity being determined
by the passage uf the Spn over ihc equator
Aud here | can not hut observe that il
there remain any persons in the old fash.
toned erroneous belief that the interior of
! Africa is n mountainous sandy desert from
| which the sources of the Nile are derived
the discoveries ot Burton and Of Spcic and
! Graut have rs completely diSpcllcd the lllu.
sion rs respects the equatorial attitudes as
| the iourney of Livingstone put an end To a
similar false hypothesis in the south OF this
great Coutlucut
| Modern discovery has indeed proved the
| truth of the hypothesis, which vcuturcd
| to suggest to you eleven years ago, that the
| true center of Africa is great elevated
watcry basin, often Astounding in rich lands,
its large lakes being fed by numerous
streams from adjacent ridges, and its waters
escaping to the sea 10y tissures and depres-
sions in the higher surrounding lands.
The other gcneralizations which have
been established by Spekc and Grant, indie
pendcntly of the true source Of the White
! Nile, are:
l. That tho Hypothetical chain of noun.
tains which have been called the Mountains
of the Moon. and which Ptolemy spoke ofas
travcrsing the equatorial regions Of Africa
from cast to west have no suck range Us
theoretically Inferred by DIR. Bckc. Accord
ing to our travellers, they are simply sep
aratc interior cluster OF hills, from which
somo small feeders of the lake Victoria
Nyauza proceed. In fact, tho "Noutcs
Luna of Burton and Spoke occupy the
higher part of the central watershed hc
tween North ami South Africa. NUw as
they supply the Victoria Nyanza, and, con
scuucntly, the Nile with some water, they
may possibly send contributions 30 the
Congo, in the west, while to tho south there
seems now little doMbi Ehnt their waters
flowed into the Lake Tanganyika of Bnrtor
and Spcke and ibence into the Nyassa "
Livingstone, as had been, indeed, inferred
on what seems to me very sound reasons
by Mr.. Francis t;aliun
2. That the inhabitants of the Kingdoms
of Karagwe and Ugunda, in the central and
equatorial parts of Africa, are much more
civilized and advanced than the people who
live to the north on the banks oi the Nilc
between the Lake Victoria Nyansa and Con
dokoro the latter being for the most par
these naked barbariaus, probably the authro
pophagi of Herodotus who have doubles!
been the real impcdnnents during all agc'
to explorations up the stream, or from nortl
10 sCUth.
3. We learn that an acqnaintancr viii
the language Of the natives on the east coas
eDabloa the travellers to hold converse will
many individuals in all the tribes and na
tions they passed through, until they reach
ed the above mentioned northern harbari
ans, whose language is quite distinct from
any dialect of Southern Africa.
4. From tho notes of Speke on the geo
logical structure of the countries he passed
through infer there is no hope Of amy por
ton Ol those regions proving to be auriier
Gus.