The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-24

and hope letters Iur :,vc heard nnthin;r nan,
INC world ior more Than two years: hut when
got within thirteen days Vi IauEnnyika I was
brought TO s,an'is;i Oy the supc:abuutanrr o.
Waller Waller ,l tiH country in front. naive party
came through and described The roun:ry aS iii-
nnunst,i, so ~ often 10 lie high and waist iccp.
WI! 81. sleeping places 'iicnt To !;l';. This :ool
laStS tl Mag or iunc. Al ::.st became so tired
0' inactivity that doubled back on my course 10
CuZclnbc.
Togirc an idea Of .hc mundation which. in n
sblaH way. cnactS the part of the Mi. bower
down, had 10 cross two ryuets which, TOW iu.o
The north end OF the Moero; one w;.s thirty The
otller forty yards broad, crossed by bridges. one
iinu Il uunrtcr, the other haf mile OF .iood OH
each side. Moreover, ono, the i.uo, had covered
plain abreast OF MUciu. so thar the wafer ON n
great part reached from tile knees 10 the uppcr
part OF the chest. The plain of black mud,
Win grass higher than our heads. We hal to fol-
low me n,h Which, i'll places. the feet OF passcn-
Fcrs lad worn into deep rii,s. Into ,hrs, we
every now nnd then plunged a.'I fell over tie
rmshed np and, bursting, emitted Il irightful oor
We hai olf hours Of this walny am; Plan sing-
tlic 'usi mile WAS the worst: AMI ri.,tt glad ".
were To get out Of il and battle in The clear ,cpiJ
waters and sandy beach OF Moore. In going .,p
torrents thigh ,!ccl,; then a river eighty yard.
wide and 500 yards 0f rloUL un its west 6ciiS 50
deep we ha'i to keep I" The canoes tn wi;i,lu
ll1ty yards o; the higher ground; then four
brooks. from live 10 fifteen yards hrua... one
Of 'Lesc, the C'innSu. possesses Il somewhat aci
nnclOly Interest thar nn which ,Iour pr
'.acerdl died lie was The only Portuguese
visitor WHO had any scientific education. ana his
latitude of Caxcmirs Town on the C;,;,ncsu helm,
was cloude,i with fever when h" last ol,scrvnJ
am. any one who knows wha' that Implies will
looS on his error with compassion. Tic Chingu
went ,iiSl on the chest, and one h:.,t to walk ON
tiptoc 10 avoid swimming. As crossed all these
brooks III high AMI low water observed the tiff
ference to lac from fifteen eighteen Inches ana,
irom aii the perennial streams ihc Hood Is clear
"atcl. Tile stue OF the rivers and country natc
iuc 20 III Inc very llGltcSt marching Ortlcr-;ouk
nothing but The most necessary instruments ana
no I,1 paper eXcepI couple Of note books and the
l,ibie. On unexpectedly finding q party going 20
The coast. borrowed Il piece OF paper from an
Arab, anu tile observation-disclosures In the circ,nI-
stanccs-you will kindly excuse. Only one Of my
attendants would come here: the others ON vari.
Gus prctencca, abscOntlrd. The fact Is, they are
All tired of this everlasting ,rampinG, and 50
verify am !. We're II not for un invctcratc dis
Hike 10 give i'll TO dllcultics. without doing my
utmost 10 overcome thcm. would al,scond ioo. ]
country and people better known am doing
good; ana by immrting little knowledge oc-
with tile plans OF an nll.embraclnc Providence
l was IN the habit vi sending my observations
10 e, Tue Cape observatory, where Sir T. Maccan,
the Asironomer Royal and the Assistant Astrono,
mer, Mr. Mann, bestowed great deal OF grutui.
tons attention on them In addition to the regular
Iulies ol the observatory. They tested their ac-
curacy In Il variety Of ways, which those emiy
VINO are lerscd IN tile higher mathematics can
mere publicly said Of single sheet Of these 81 mos,
carefully tested geographical positions, that they
..oi contained , more geography than many large
which went TO the Royal Observatory at the cane
required muca time for calculation, 1 worked out
y,
minute corrections, such as for the height OF the
thermometer ami barometer, the horizontal
nara'laN and scml,tiameler Of planets, using bu,
pnrallaN for set OF distances, though OF
several hours duration: corrections FOR the
differences OF proportional logarihisIng, &c,
aud with these cuniessrdly imperfect lonrl.
tudes inlc anu sent some Sketch maps to give
general ideas of the countries explored. they
were imperfect, NJ calculated and maize in The
confusion OF The multitude uf matters that crowd
on inc mind Of an explorer but Infinitely better
~ ne Sif .I.,,t.
lOr instilicc says that short 1f Il trigonomctrc
survey, no river has been laid down so accurately
rl examination OF tho series Of ciirono,nctric Oh
serrations, which more than once ran from The
longitude cannot possibly amount to inur min
@ utes Wei, aiisr all iny care and risk OF health,
200 miles Of lake tackled on to the northwest end
OF Nynss;i-nn'l these 200 miles pcrchcd mp On the
npland region an,l passed over some 5000 feet
higher than the rest of the lakes.
We shall probably hear that the author Of this
feat IN fnncosrapliy Claim thcrefrom 10 be con.
sllere.l theoretical ,lsrovercr OF the sources OF
the Nile. My Imperfect longitudcs and sketches
lcu some To dcsccratc the perfect ones from the
Observatory. This crolung alto Ia algea was lX
least sIXty.thrce distances between the moon
and stars, and probably one hundred attitudes
sometimes actually suffering from African
fever. fever Six sets showed from one TO three
east, but the seventh showed a few mInnes
To the west. The si.t were thrown aside and the
seventh adopted, because Portuguese said
10 me TINT lie thought that spot might be
about midway between Ambaca and the
sea- Ambaca he had never seen and the
folly OF n,ermed'lline is apparent from the change
not making the spot perceptibly nearer the imayi-
nary midway, and no one had ever observed them
before, nor IN our day win observe again. Other
freaks, and enc specially immoral, were perform
ell, anu TO my gentle remonstrances ] received
only giggle The dcsccratton my positions have
suffered is probably unknown to the council but
there Is all the more reason why should adhere
to my resolution to be The guardian OF my own
OBSERVATIONS I'LL publication. | regret this. lc-
cause the upsctting or the canoe, or anything
naIpenig TO me, might lead TO the entire loss OF
My borrowed paper is done. or should have
given q summary OF the streams which, flowing
INTO Clanbeze, Luapnla, l.iaiaba and the lakes,
the Isis at Oxford, or Avon ut Hamilton run into
one line or drainage, five into another and four
imt4 tniri @ In ALL Not
comparison OF volume. trust that my laborS
though much longer than intended, may meet
with your lordshlp's appreciation. ! have, Sc
p. S.-Always something new from Africn; a
soe trea vso IN houses In Rra
and have running rllls In them. A whole district
inn.osn can stand a. siege In them The "writingsn
are ON wings OF animals, and not letters or
% course should have gone to see them. Very
dark, well made and eyes santinswArtls.
The reading OF the dispatch was several times
Interrupted with loud applause. Extracts from
several private letters from DIR. Livingstone, the
chief point OF geographical interest III which was
the statement that the sources OF the Nile are to
be found in the lakes and rivers that drain tie
great valley In which CazenIbe Is situated, and
lying to the south OF Tanganyika, between ten
and twelve degrees OF south latitude.
Tie president said that the great problem had
now been soyed-the road was omen to his Illus
trlous friend. They might expect him within
few months and they would accord him vel.
come such as few Engllshmcn had ever eXucr-
enccd. Loud appause.]
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