Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-08-10

| returned TO tJUl only to lind mmsel
robbed of everything by the very mar
to whom the British Consulate had in
trusted his goods. This man, called
Shereep, had sold them for ivory, and
had Toasted on the little stock of luxu
rics sent to the Doctor by his friends.
A few days after the arrival of the
Herald expedition at Ujii, asked the
Doctor if he had explored the head OF
the 'rauganyika. He said he had not
He had not thought it of so much i'm.
portance as the central line of drainage
besides, when he had proposed to do it
at Ujii, there had been shown such a
disposition to fleece him that he had
desisted from the attempt. Your cor
respondent then explained to him what
great importance was attached to the
lake by geographers, and suggested to
him that it were better, seeing that he
was about to leave for Unyanyembe,
and that something might occur in the
Z 'rnwhile to hinder him from ever
9is ting it, to take advantage of the
offer ! made of putting myself, men,
and effects of the expedition at his SER
vice for the purpose of exploring the
northern head of Tanganyika. He at
once accepted the offer, and, like a
hero, lost no time in starting.
On the 2Oth of November, DR.. Living
stone and your correspondent, with
twenty picked men, started, despite the
assertion of the Arabs that the Warundi
were dangerous and would not let us
pass. We hugged their c"ast closely
and, when fatigued badly, encamped in
their country. Once only were we
obliged to tly-and this was at the dead
of nj night-f1om large party which we
knew to be surrounding us on the land
side. We spent nine days at the head
of the Tanganyika, exploring the islands
and the many bays that indcnt its
shores. In returning to Ujiji we coast
ed along the west side of the Tangan-
yika as far as the country of the War
sansi, whom we had to leave on no
amicable terms, owing to their hostility
to the Arabs, and arrived at UjUi the
18th Of December, having been absent
twenty eight days.
After spending Christmas at Ujiji,
DR.. Livingstone, escorted by the Herald
composed of forty Wanguana
soldiers, well armed, left for Unyanyem-
be on the Goth of December, 1871. In
order to arrive safely, untroubled by
wars and avaricious tribes. we sketched
a road to Unyamyembe, thus: Seven
days 10y water south to Urimba, ten
days across the uninhabited forests of
Kawcndi, twenty days through Unko-
nongo direct east, twelve days north
through Unkonongo, thence five days
into Unyamyembe, where we arrived
without adventure of any kind, except
the killing of zebras, buffalo and girattes,
after tiftytour days travel. The expe,
dition suffered considerably from fam
inc, and your correspondent from fever,
but these are incidental to march in
this country. The Doctor tramped on
foot, like a man of iron.
On arrival at Unyamyembe, | found
that the Englishman, Shaw, whom had
turned back as useless, had, about
month after his return, succumbel to
the climate of the interior, and had
died, as well as two Wanguana of the
who had been left behind
sick. Thus, during less than twelve
William Lawrence Farguhar,
of Leith, Scotland, and John William
Shaw, of London, two white men, who
had been engaged to assist me, had
died; also. eight baggage carriers and
eight soldiers of the expedition had
died.
1t is enormously supposed by his
friends that DR.. Livingstone is most in
dustriously attended to; that he re
ceives annually, If not semi-annually,
large supplies of cloth, beads and neces
saries. Your correspondent begs to in
form his friends that the expedition
found him turned back from his ex-
when on the eve of being
terminated thoroughly, by the very men
sent to him by the British Consulate.
That expedition found him sitting down
at UjIji utterly destitute, robbed by the
very men sent by the British Consulate
at Zanzibar with his caravan. In the
matter of supplies being sent to Living
stone semi annually, or annually, there
is no truth whatever. The cause is the
extreme apathy at Zanzibar and the
reckless character of the men sent.
When preparing to return to the
coast, your correspondent turned over
to DR.. Livingstone nine bales of mixed
cloths, beads, and $50 pounds of brass
wire, besides one portable boat to cross
rivers, supply OF carpenters tools, re-
volvers, carbines, and several hundred
pounds of ammunition.
Your correspondent has been COM
missioned by DR.. Livingstone, if there
is time before the first ship leaves Ian.
zibar, to send him fifty well armed men
from Zanzibar, to act as soldiers and
servants for a new expedition, which he
is about to organize, for the rapid ex-
ploration of few doubtful points be-
fore returning home, to declare to those
concerned that he has finished his work.
He will leave Unyamyembe, will make
his way to the copper mines of Katan-
ga; then eight days south to discover
the fountains of Herodotus then re-
turn by Katanga to the underground
houses of Rua, ten days northeast of
katanga; thence to Lake Kamolondo,
and by the River Lupra to Lake Lin
coin; thence back to Lualaba, to ex-
plore the lake north of Kamolondo; /;
thence return to UjUi, or through Urori
to the coast and England This-is his
present programme, which he thinks
will only take him eighteen months,
but, as have told him, | think it will
take two years.
Though he is now going on 60 years
of age, he looks but As or so, quite hale
and hearty. He has an enormous ap-
petite, which has abated nothing of its
powers since have k..own him. He
IS in no need of rest. He needed sup.
plies. He has got thenl now, and every
thing he needs. Though sick and thin