The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-12-22
THE STORY OF SHEIKu THANH.
Sheikh Said bin Salim's News Of the Old
Man with the White Beard.
WHAT A BALOOCH SOLDIER TELLS
Special Report Of the Herald Commissioner
Directing the Expedition.
KwIuARA. DISTRICT OF UNYANYEMBE. |

KwIHARA. DISTRICT OF UNYANYEMBE.
July Z, 1871.
Your expedition, cent ont under me, has arrived
IN Unyanyembe. We're you living at Zanzibar or
On Tho Ar-snan -snn would haya n much
better idea what the above few words meant than
you APve now. You would know, without any
explahati0D that II had travelled 525X miles, and
l you heard that we had travelled that great dis
tance within eghty.two days. little under three
months--y0u would ut once know that we had
marched II in a very short time; but since you anu
your readers live In America must return 10 the
Iaand Of Zanzibar close to the coast OF East Africa
whence we started, and give you brief summary
OF the incidents and misfortunes which Delell US
throughout the march.
FIRsT INSTRUCTIONS.
The instructions which, received from you close
On two years ago were given with the usual brevity
pf the HERALD. They wore. 'Fnd out Livingstone,
and get what news you CON relating to his discov.
erlesD But before seeking Livingstone In the I'M
known wtlds OF Africa | had other orders to fulfil
which You had given me- had to be present at
the Inauguration OF the suez Canal had to ascend
the Nile TO the a sr cataract; had to writo ful ac-
counts OF what had seen ana what was done-s
guide to Lower and Upper Egypt From Egypt
was instructed to 60 to Jerusalem, write up what
Warren Was discovering under that famous city;
thence had to proceed TO the Crimea, whence
was 70 send to you descriptions OF Sebastopo IS It
stands to-day, Of the grsveyards In and about IT. OF
tho batsle.nelds where England ana France met
russia In the shock q war. This done, i had TO
travel through the Caucasus, visit Turkestan, find
out what Stoleto6 and the Russians were doing to.
wards the conquest OF the Oxias valley, and then
advance towards India. Next had to travel
through the length OF Persia, and write about the
Euphrates valley, the railroad that has been ON the
tapis 80 long, and IT. prospects. Lastly, had 10
call to the African coast and, according as circum
stances guided me-
SEEK OUT LIvIN0sroNB
and ascertain from him what discoveries he had
made-only such facts - he would be pleased to
Uve 70 ono who had mace such efforts 10 reach him.
Quickly ana briefly - the Instructions were given
by you their performances required time and large
expenditure OF money. What have already &C.
compIished has required nineteen months.
AT ZANZIBAR.
arrived ct Zanzibar on the 9th OF January OF
shis year. and at once sol about making the neces.
sary inquiries from parties who ought to know
ABOUT the Whereabouts Of Or. Livingstone. The
most that oould CLEAN was that he was in the
ueighborhood OF Ujiji, which was little over 900
miles from the coast. II would never DO to return
60 Bombay or Alden with such scanty and vague
news after the time and money expended In reach
ing Zanzibar. Why, all the world knew or supposed
such to he the fact. what was to DOT Go by oil
such Information. Go did.
ORGANIZING AN EXPEDITION.
K occupied me month to purchase such things
~ werc necessary and to organize expedition to
collect such information a. would be useful to me
on the long march and would guide me In the new
sphere In which l found myself. The expense
which you we're mourning frightened me consider
ably; but then 'obey orders II you break owners"
q proyerb among sailors. and one which l adopted.
Besides, was too far from the telegraph TO notify
sou OF such an expense or receive further orders
nom you the preparations for the expedition there
fore went on. Eight thousand dollars were ex.
pended In purchasing the cloth, beads and wire
necessary in my dealings with the savages OF the
territories through which would have to traverse.
A each tribe mas i peculiar choice Of CLOTH beads
ana WIRE much care was to be bestowed In the selec-
zion and arrangement VI these things also one had
TO be careful that an over great quantity
Of any ono kind Of cloth beads should not be pur.
chased. otherwise such tnings would soon become
mere impeachment Of travel and cause waste Of
money. The various kinds OF beads required great
Ame to learn. for the women OF Africa are al fas
lioious In their tastes for beads a. the women OF
new York are for jewelry. the measures also had
10 be mastered, which, seeing that 1t was an en-
nrely new business In which Was engaged, were
rather complicated, ana perpexed me considerably
for time.
TEE MILITARY YoRcB.
ThsSe things haYlug been purchased, ARRANGED