The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-07-30
RICHMOND MONDAY MORNING, JULY 30, 1866

river yile The Victoria vanza oi spese formed
reservoir at Il hish altitude, receiving drainag.
...r no N M'funibro mountain al gr"a, fssnr-
:. r"ak anon. other mountain. i'"in which tho
rcarn, de>sendc whrTn' ny "G ,hrrHoG - , y.
Victoria lake ron the west. In aoGni two degrees
south lttituds thus tie .ame cna,n o. mountains
- a. f,t ;h, Victoria on tn east must hsTea water
E,t" ,hn r-ast nd north that would how into the
.ineIi lake Th" general drainage q the Nile
basin extending ron s0p , her no,, ,han ne,
ri, receives the river from the latter lake, and
I'm. ,s1ooro!i1e. tho cnilI" heai-waters of thu
""in, ,hn Virtoria is the eastern source
,h. rar.r, streams that form these lakes are
from the ame Origin ana me hna9s4" shed, -
Mm,n5r" n M" "'a~ and tie Blue Mountain. pour heir
~ .tr, d~Uiu,rr ,Sr,ct into the Albert Iak.
rb n,fire \ iIa sv>teln, from the fr-t Aby.siniau
frjbuttrv The Atbart in north iat'ud seventeenth.
,ra.S ,hirv--.rcn minutes even othe equator, ex-
Sihi,s uniform draina.: - from southeast 10 north
ra>I every tributary fowinS IN that direction To
IIt. main stream al the MI" tl- System - per-
tinnrI u n"rthrriy course FROM tia exit from the
Vicfrr:a LAKE to Karuma In north latitude two
d~grr-, sixteen rnihute>, ,urns snad+hiy 10 tha
, ifun Drawn from Mugungo Ia the Riron Fall from
;h. Victoria lax" will prov" ia" general slope "t
the country 10 y" the -"ln' a. eN"mlInta tuF"GSn-
n.' the .iiir system u the eastern basin or Tho
<IIs t.niir, from southeast Ia northwest
That rnany considerable aEn"n> h"w into III"
Their
bv tcicscup" upun Ia" W'~'"rh sn"f" descend.
lug from the tlu" Mountains must he Important
streams OF they c"uld MOI nay" ben dlsti,gAis1"i
a. - great d.'anr" IT, fifty "r sixty miles; fhe
natives assured ~. that very many streams, vary
ns in size desc ud"I the mountains 3ron al! sides
mo the general reservoir
So here We have the Nile and the solu-
ton of its annual inundation. The great
ranges Of mountains surrounding these
vast head springs, or lakes, pour down their
torrents from the melting SHOWS Of spring
which swell the rivers that join at khar-
toum, throwing their united volume in
the great river, which conveys it down the
rapids with great velocity to the plains
where the current is impcdcl, and its
volume steadily increases until the coun.
try is inundated. This was all rightly con.
jccturcd ages ago, and the discoveries noW
made corroboratc it completely.
Mr.. BAKER made lis return voyage very
successfully. He reached Gondokoro on
the 2Sd Of March, 1868, two years after
his first departure from that town, and
there took boat down the Nile, hOmeward
bound. lie and his noble wife had the
good fortune to reach home safely, where
they were ioyously received by their
friends. Mr.. BAKERS expedition was one
Of the most arduous and pcrilous ever
achieved, and he has made most valuable
and interesting book ont Of his discoveries.
lie displayed the most admirable qualities
for the entcrprisc-hatcs the "niggcr -
and is true JouN Bull in his national
pride and prciudiccS.
The work has been published in this
country Ivy Mcssrs.J J. B. LIrPIECoTr x Co.,
philadclrhia.