The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-20
FIRST EDITION
DIR. LEvIN G. S r o M e.
FIRST Reports of the Sources of the Nile
Twenty Lakes Discovered
"Geographers Mostly In
sane" According to
the Great Ira
weller.

Fr m India, through Europe by mal, we have the
blo,sing letters relative to the explorations and
slse yenes Of DR.. Livingstone. not published
Jns a the Bombay Gazette, Oct 20.
The following interesting letter was yesterday
placed by Government the disposal OF the press:
FROM John Kirk the Political Agent and her
Najesty's Consul, Zanzibar, to c. Come, Esq.,,
Secretary to Government, Bombay, Political De-
s1ANzIBAR, Sept I, 1s69-sir:-on the s1st of
August had the honor to communicate tidngs OF
Dr. Livingstone. / then informed you in my des
patch No 81 1881 OF his arrival at Uji trading sta
! on on the eastern side OF Lake Tanganyika-
Tbr Dr. Livingstone would lind not only the goods
sent after he started on his Journey, but also u
sonl supply despatched last year to await his eX
viii then be in possession for the first time of
the important discoveries OF Sir Samuel Baker,
ese detail MAPS will no doubt guide the future
Sc re-. . -. 49, ,.-.,-,..
f. nation of the Right Honorable the Governor in
G uncil, o copy of the general portion OF letter
that l have this day received The remainder OF
DIR, Livingstone's letter, which have omitted re-
Iates entirely to the despatch OF additional stores
which shall lose time in sending, at his request,
% Unji 1t is also mentioned that credit had been
long ago applied for on hessrs. Smith Fleming, OF
Bombay to be drawn in Zanzibar in payment OF goods
and stores AS Messrs. H. A Fraser a Co., the agent
OF Nessrs Smith Il Flemming, have received no ia
strucuons to this effect doubt not the order either
has been lost is still in the hands OF some Arab
traders in Africa.
The chief point OF geographical interest in the
present letter Of DR.. Livingstone IS the statement
that the sources OF the Nile TO be found in the
lakes and rivers that drain the great valley in which
Cazembe is situated, lying TO the south OF Iangan-
yika Between ten and twelve degrees Oh south latl-
The town of Cazembe from which DIR. Living
stones last letters were dated, has been already
visited and described by two Portuguese missions.
1t is situated on chain OF lakes and rivers that now
The Chambzi having collected by many streams
the waters OF the northern slope OF the damp ele-
vated plains nows to JON Lake @ BSng%e9lo; m & TINS
on whose banks the town Of Cazembe Is built
NOero in its turn is drained by the Sualaba into
another lake named Ulenge, and here exploration
ends Natives have told DR.. Livingstone that
Ulenge is an island-studded lake, whose waters join
the Lutlra, a large river coming from the western
side of some great plain whose eastern slope is
drained by the Chambezi. This united stream, some
say enters the Tanganyika, ana NJ thenGe by the
informants not unanimous, and some assert that
the Lufra passes to the west OF Ianganyka and SO
to the Lake Chowambe, which, DR.. Livingstone
thinks is the same as the Albert Nyanza of Sir
Samuel Baker. In fact, the interest OF the journey
centres in the southern connections Of the Albert Ny
ANA and Arab traders generally in thinking that
a water communication does exist between that and
the Tanganylka but have not met with any one
who proiesses to have traced out this communica-
tion From Arabs who visit Cazembe learn that
the lakes now described by Dr: kivngstone @ are OF
march in length, aud, like Nyassa, Tanganytka and
the Albert Nyanzs, oyefhung by high mountain
slOpes which open Ort in bays and valleys, or leave
great plains, which, during the ranylsenson, become
hooded, SO that caravans march for days through
water kneedeep seeking for higher ground on which
to pass the night The country abounds with large
game and domestic cattle, while the climate is
spoken of az not unhealthy and il certainly contrast
10 the Zanzibar coast if we may Judge from the
Yours etc., JOHN KIRK.
DIR. LIvIS6sToNEs LETTER.
Extracts Erom letter addressed to John Kirk,
Acting Political Agent, her Britannia Majesty 8
Consul Zanzibar, received at Zanzibar on 'th
After enumeratng things needed, such as cloth,
beads etc. which are TO be sent TO UQl Dy nrst op-
DC Crtunity DIR. Livingstone says;-'l have had no
eWs from anywhere for two years and upwards.
The Arabs have all been overhoWlng IN kindness.
| borrow this paper from Mahomed Bagarib, for
am up here without any. In fording rivers and
brooks should have got al spoiled. am gIeatty
obliged by the SGtan ee Sa a Of g 6s 9 s has
served me most, where all nave SHOWN kindness
and good viii. 49,, - ..,,. 81. ,,.,,
NAV saw have found what believe to be the source
OF the Nile between ten degrees and twelve degrees
south, or nearly in the position assigned 10 lneh "
Il Il not one source from lake. but upwards Of
twenty OF them. Lake Liemba, which possibly Is an
arm OF TanganyRa, has Ionr rivers moving lnto u:
One measured and found II To be 294 ieet say 100
wards wide and waist Deep and moving last IN Sep
tember No rain had fallen since l2th May else
where il almost requires canoes. This has eleven
good sized 'buons" flowing into II. Taxing these
four rivers as one Ire Of drainage "a ftth from
Narengo must be added, and then the Chambeli
iows from the side into one centre Of the great val
ley and receives there streams as large as Ihe ISIS al
Uhambez enters Bangweoo lake and receives two
streams then changes its name to Luapnla, ana
nOwng north, receives two streams about nifty yards
ench, Luapula receives one ana enters MoerO lake
to receive i've streams; one Is eighty yards broad
and always requires canoes; on leaving Moero II Is
called Luababa, which receives two good sized
streams and it forms Ulenge, either lake with
many islands or a division with many streams which
are taken up by the Luhra "a large river wnlca ny
five branches drains the west side OF the great val
lev which probably is that Of the Nile. =.
have still 10 follow down the Luababa and see
whether the natives assert, II passes Ianganyka
10 the west, enters 1t and fnds an exit by the
river called Locnda into lake ChoWambe, which l
conjecture TO be that discovered by MI. Baker.
shall not follow Luababa by canoes, as we dld
the Xambezi from the Victoria Falls TO the he-
brabassa That was insanity, and am not going to
do any more mad things merely 70 Please geogra-
phers who are mostly insane. My positions have
been altered for the most idotc reasons at places
where no one else observed or will observe in ouI
day: and after all our care in laying down Lake
Nyaesa 200 miles are tackled on 10 It's northwest
end tbe which 300 miles Of water are perehed uL
ON height OF 5000 feet above the rest II any letter.
have come for me please send them up TO Ujli vi
further notice send TO your care letter TO Lore
Clarendon one for Miss Livingstone and Tor III
Roderck MurchisOn, and trust You will forward
Yo1rs etc DAVID LIVINGSTONE
rlatad near ake Ran0WeOlo, July s, 1865