New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-27

air was watching the first red streak that heraded the
rising when was startled by the words Thank COL
torpo and with heart overlooking went to her bedside
Her eyes were fun q madness She spoke but the brain was
viii not inGlct description Of the terrible trial Of seven
days Of brain fever with its attendant horrors The ram
IN torrents End day after day forced 10 trai
for Of provisions not being able to remain in one POSI-
ton Every now ana then We shS lew gGneno"t Dlt
favorable In the forests procured Wild honey but TIE 40
serted villages contained no supplies were the from
ter Of Ua6da and Meses people had pandered the district
Tor nights had not slept and although weak az
reed had marched BY the eide Of her litter Nature could
been violent commissions successyeyit was al but over
laid her down on her litter within hut; covered her with
scotch plaid and fell upon ny mat insensi6e with
sorrow and fatigue. Ny men put new handle TO the cAHA
that eyening and sought for dry spot dig her grave
The ann hd risen when woke had slept aud, Mortified
az the idea flashed upon that she must be dead ana that
had not been with her started up She lay upon her bed
rae as marble and with that calm serenity that the features
when the OF life no longer act upon he m anu
the body rests in death The dreadful thought bowed ne
down but as gazed upon her in fear her chest seny
heared not with the conyuye throbs OF fever bat naturally
Size was asleep and when sudden noise she opened her
eyes they we're calm and clear. She was saved
On the 18th Of March the great lake was reached
The day broke beautifully clear and having crossed deep
valley between the hills We oied up tue opPsue slope.
hurried to the summit The glory Of prize nTst suddenly
upon me There like Of quicksilver, lay far beneath the
grand expanse watea boundos horizon on the sonh
west al fy or sky mues distance blue mountains rose from
the bosom Of the Lake to hight Of about IvO ee' ABOVE It's
level. .
II is impossible 10 describe the triumph Of that moment-
here the reward tor all our abof-tof Inc years n
CITY with which We had oed through Africa England had
won the sources tho Nile Long before reached this spot
Lad arranged 20 give three cheers VIII OIL our men ia %
esh style in honor of discovery but that looked
down mon Tho great inland sea lying nesed he very heart
Africa and thought how yany mankind hac sought these
sources throughout many and reflected that had
been tie humble instrument permitted TO unTa'e tbs portion
great mystery when greater thar had JAILED
felt vent feelings 10 vain cheers oT victory
and sincerely thanked God for having guided aud supported
us through all dangers TO the good end vas About Ly
feet above the lake and looked down from th' sleep granite
Off upon those welcome waters-upon that Fat reservoir
which nourished Egypt and brought fertility where all was
vderness-upon great long hdien from man
knd that source Of bounty and OF blessings 10 millions OF
human bengs and of the greatest objects IN nature
Se Of one loved and by Queen
and depored BY every Ensi shman ealed lh sIeat .e
1.-THE Albert Nyank The Victoria ana tue Albert Aes ae
be lake was vast depression far below the general level Of
he west and southwest by great ranges Of mountains from
five 10 seven thousand feet above the level Of M Haer-u.
the great reservoir INTO when everything mt'
drain and from rocky cstern the Nile made rs exit
giant its BIRTH 1t was grand Arrangement oil Nature
Nile The vcori, yinza # Spoke formed reservoir at
high altitude receiving drainage nom the west by ho hlt
gu6 river aud Spoke had seen the Al unpro MOUNTAIN ~
great distance peak among other mountains RON "heu
the streams descended which by uniting formed the man
me west j about the % s. latitude thus the chain Of
mountains that fed the Victoria the east must have water
she'd the west aud north that would loW uio me A9e
lake The general drainage Of the Milo onsn tending IRON
south TO norm aud the Albert lake extending much further
lake and thus monopoles the entire head waters OF tho Nile
The Albert is the grand reservoir While the icoi Is Ihe
eastern source The parent streams tha form .c mas az
from origin and tho kianRle sheds s waters 10
the Victoria TO be received traiIa' .! le A,eIL peee
the highlands OF Minnblro ana the le pVui
their northern drainage direct into the Albert lake lie entire
Nile system from the fret yssnan tributary The Ato rln
Latitude l7o s. even 10 the equator, EXHIBITS UNIFORM
drainage from f. TO NV every tributary lowing IN ibai
direction tie main stream Of the Ne this system Is per
sisted IN by the Victoria Nile "hch having continued not
erly its exit from the Victoria ake TO hAfuma IN
lat . &c. turns suddenly 20 TIE west AID meets ihe Apeft
like at Magungoi thus nhe utANh rom hhsupso 70 ,J
Rpon Ia.s from the Victoria LAKE WI prove ne general
slope o. he country 20 be the same as eKemphed ou
the entire system OF the eastern basin OF the Me- tending from
S.E.toN.W.
there DOUBT Tic two waterfall, seen py telescope upon
the western suore descending the blue Mountains must
be important streams or they co9d not nave DeA 1sa
gushed 1t 80 great distance MS MY o SAY ugsi tno 40
gcs assured me that very many streams varying IN size de-
sceuded The mountains upon al the genera" reservoir
From Vacoyia Mr. Baker made Is days voyage on the
lake as far Magunso, at the mouth Of tho Victoria
Nile, and thence up the rivcr far rs the Murchson
Falls. The rest Of the journey back to Gondokoro Was
made by land partly over the same rou'c when our
orers had already ,aversed and The I'D OF March,
1863 lust two years after their rs departure from that
town they reached it again, and took boat down the
Nile homeward bound
Ibeimportanco Of Mr.. Bakers discoveries has been 30
generally admitted that need not here eaaTge upon II
but we cannot dismiss his interesting narravc without an
emphatic testimony to is literary merit, AID word Of
appreciation Of the admirable qualifications as traveller
and the esmable character as gentleman when " SHOWS
him to possess lie tells his story simply directly with
out vcrbaec or ambition for display, aud without yielding
10 the too common temptation 10 cumber u with uhim-
portant details crude scientific dscusson lie hates
" picpers" and he is not free from John
Bulls Characteristic prejndices and yaia-gloryi but
he is 50 honest so peneverng 80 intrepid 10 the face Of
appalling DANGER and so good humoTcd under strong
proyocaton gcnerolsn Lisaecon ortAe unfortunate
Spoke and SO ready to give al duo credit to his predc-
cessors N tie path IN which he has so labonousy
followed - that he carries our sympathes Win him
even when he does not carry our Judgment, and
we part from him at the end If We are parting from
personal friend And moreover there l., thanks 10 tho
presence Of that noble woman whose name must hence
sr,h be insspaaby connected with tho solution Of the
great Nile problem, dccacy and refinement even in the
most dangerous passages Of his book which only those
who are familiar with African travel fully appreciate