, 1869-12-05
AFRICAN EXPLORATION,

Or. LisinEstone and the Sources OF
shr Atse-Thc Great Value OF aaix
D3seovefltA-xfllRt they Prove.
Iu m syttcle " the recent biGh,5 Important let
'tE irem pr. L'ln9stous. the African c17rs -.
The last Lnutoa Spectator shows tue va)ue OF hls
4atostfts, ana the iac.s = hteh they hase pruteJ.
tia.s:
~but our delight at The prp.pect OF seeing DR.,
Ltstpettute again N tie desa must not be allo -
tGwxd 10 oserstadow the 1ntetse Interest a.taca-
lbE to hrs dt,eosetteA Altronca IN J1ly 1sss-
the case nl hss last defpAtch-pr. Llr.ngsione naf
nos sgsn Isea tsks sn Of courss
Ito The Nile, be bad yet found sufficient evl1eucc
,otsy nttb.tx of nnftre Information, 10 Justify
CT more tonthefIy Iakes, cvutnsate taeir quo:a OF
waters to the river ef Egypt II this opinion
sbuuid pfuve to be coHect, ne Will nsvs solved
ssblsned pis cls,m 10 tue foremost rspk oi geoS-
raphers Of al aets. P1elemg's s mJete1oas kuowl-
eeqe will prove to hare heen soatthlcg Sc.l sad
Ltep s,fsrSs'y p,opaesic: Ia orier 70 appreciate
uLn+ Dr. Iv1nsstrne has done, orts doiag, y
must Be clearly understood what be was seut 10
tuc ND Captain speke re!Atlse to the drainage OF
Laka Tangsu5ikx could not be Eett:ed except BY
pe.socal lnFessgauor. Burton believed raai
such a case spefes victosM Syan.. Womb
hnt to De The ultimate source Ct lnH evcr. Tho
latter therefore nsintotEed, Win tainer ingenious
ios,c, that rs Tangsnytka dra1red suutaHart--
PROBABLY into the N{atss, att thence llto tue
zsupezL Moreover, when Huttua nud SogIc
we're On the Like, its altitude was dxed :; thsn nt
1Sss 5tet, and tais were cottect It Ro1l1 be In.
po+sahle, sapposlca osre1 Observation. n 30 coz.
rect uIeC for the Nile t. receive the 9aera Of Enc
Tanrnnyisa> Baker !pade the elevation of the Az
tert y tanza 10 be 9.1D 1eel md - his cMcrva-
ttone were carefully tested on his return to EGG
and, taeir acrnracT naJ be relied o. Hut Spekza
.tet1nometer-wnh watch hi ohse.vattnus were
tai er-Eead :7&o, Icsteaa Of sla9, when brought
doRu 70 the eoast a4slu: and MI. Flndlay nss a.
patB a1gued tnar NY feet ssould he added to tho
ME- Asitnae = sn.ca c1pt.tn spesc nxet I'M lake.
~ Hr AiheEl Baker hAu znown the A:pett Wanna
70 nt eut a,iso feef. tho faugsh,ik1 would be III
leeE higher than The S!ntic reservoir, and the
ply slcal d1f!1ctHy Na:cn seemed to interrene DO
tkten Il and ice NtG would tnus be REMOVED Df.
Lhing1tone va directed 10 aetrle iris question;
% afcefasn lhn anitudc or Tho TanEuuEtks. and
the directon Of III dfztraGc, and 10 de1erm1uo lnc
n1tose tt 1co WHO e watershed Of thn part or
Af,tca: Bow much be haa done towsrd tnis IN
Cin1tntun, WINCH WIS read before tae tleograpot-
cal society on AoEdsy evening, clearly Shows,
rheie sees 10 be little doub. taai du1isg tic ak
tscu nou,ns that have elapsed since be Wrp.e. he
has con plefed The R1enr WORK which he undertook
~ tee nme OF writing his despatch, Dr. Living
had fcnnd chain OF Lakes 10 tna souiu which
through rhe Tanzauylsa in.o the Slle. Tueue
1tzG, an1 enou1d tLey prove to be rhe head wn,ers
OF The Nile, We Dust lo1k for the sources or tue
'1f n1 - eai y ~ sss ss soa,n o. ne mos:
hvtr Cbannese secms to ebunccE tsese laEfs
with each other, ahh With Tho TauEauYlka. and
The who's Volume OF water ~hlch they confain IN
oil probability 1nis i;- Eay INTO the Mic, we
MuH wait fot fuEsaet it4form4si0o before we csQ
tat poslurety ms ihcsc lakes md ftfers are
within tie t'1stb Of tie Nile. bat there Is every
probability laat the opsaiols whcn nave been eI-
prt tted IN favor Of this btpoth- s1s Viii seen be
re8lzed. L'!fgstoneh Is present journey nas only
pler!ooa 1sre!s, VIZ: Tnat lnstesd OF 1ae lnts-
reE o. AircA ossnx sandy desert, AZ vas for.
mtry hopgat, It u rcalls Ilcn IN vegeta,1o3 md
s1Ntted with lskea- But thefe IL spo;her
fact ~b!cn DE- 1dytnFatnne has t.sooverexf IN
COZ necuon Ei1h Like Lleuba, and whtoh Vuta
fer towsrds outWetghInR ali oinefy in in oorta3ce
The altitude Of this ske tee Doctor a.ceftaioed Is
be $40 feet, thus showing that gpekaA osscrrs~
Tons * ere incorrect, and that Mt. F,udlaY waa
.ssnhehT HRnt tn esytrg Epeke had Hade s nuie-
take Of at1ut ,euu Ices = hts calculastqut Hut
We nutt wbft n1M Dr. I4ytags:nq, cSaf1 hn,na
fer the deiAled reformation EuIch Mi ensh;a
HenErspne11 10 prnnounce taeir rnaI taoEneat o.
tht Me gutssso1. II the great e4pio3eF fInees
the lake sy1sem 9hlch he hS1 discovered INTO the
Ia!RRfytIa, and should duo, % arriving ~ u,tT
tne s1ores ald medicines sen. there for his uts ~
FIJI proceed to the northern end OF tha IaEe and
perhaps ftEow The afarent ST. Rodtrcf Mnrchi.
suu ttInks be y III rctnrn ia ZanZ bsr aiteT nsTfnn
ateGtslnef she direction OF the draicare of fhS
II. rapJ!ka, but Captain Shseald OsnoTn coustdx
ct that be ru1 probably follow tha paftsk snd
see fer himself Hhc:her It lows into ne AibeSs
StacLs, auf thecce lEto Tie .tlc. IN tho httcr
case, Dr.. LiEtoxX:uuf would, IN al likelihood
meet Str Samuel B.ker, AID the result of raj ,
Hest1rg Wou11 ee 70 clear up :ne s:e4t m}stely
which. for cen1ufteet has s1tou6eI the headra-
a s,Y hA N7t@