The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-24
DIR. LIVINGSTONE.
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before him was in Lieutenant Dawson's own hand
writing This telegram stated that the Nile ques
ingstone's attention was now directed to the
underground village. There had been previous
intelligence from DIR. Livingstone that there was
underground village about which he was much in
terested kilograms were generally engmatical,
put TINS was super-enigmatica, because Lieutenant
Dawson was restricted to fifteen words Since
then, however, another telegram had come-not
unauthenticated, as had been said In some OF the
Rapers 1T was telegram from Sir Philip Wod g,
Argyll, and stated that DR.. Kirk reports that Lv-
lngstone had come to Unyanyembe; that ne mas
that the rivers now into the lake, and that
STANLEY WAS CLOSE HAND WITH LETTERS.
This was by no meansa contradiction OF the ior.
mer telegram, and he 1.-THE Presidency believed that
Livingstone had come from Viii to Unyanyembe,
and might have gone back to visit the underground
me S Sad been the nnr az
Lake Tanganyika and had found that there the
rivers how into the lake That certainly included
the river to the extreme north about which geog
raphers had been dispnting whether it ran into
the Lake or out oft 1T ran into it 1t was then
independent OF the Nile, and was strong evidence
that Tanganyka was not the reservoir of the Nile.
The rivers might be on the western side; but when
Lieutenant Dawson says the Nile question is set
tied, we must INFER that Livingstone has found the
outiall OF those western waters. This solution,
however, we did not yet know and it would con-
tinue TO be mere matter OF opinion till we had fur
Gner intelligence rom Bombay. 1t was question
upon which gcographers would have different
opinions, ana he thought the meeting would be
gao 70 near the opinion Of Lieutenant Grant on the
subject
Lieutenant Grant thought the telegram OF Lieu
tenant Dawson was not sufficiently explicit to
rant any conclusion to the true solution Of this
great geographical question, which had been de-
bated for something like forty years. There was a
mountain at the north end of the lake, and we
Know that mountains had been seen there, and
laid down on the map. He could scarcely agree
with the Presidents view that the rivers flowing
Into the lake meant no other rivers than those
at the north end OF Tanganyika and some
thing might be said as TO rivers at the
south. The underground villages were known to
Livingstone many years ago; They were at the
south end OF Tanganyika, and We're situated in
great tunnel. man had SAID that he had travelled
under the ground in it for whole day. This tun-
mel was about three hundred yards wide, and must
be at least eight or ten miles In length. There was
daylight along its entire length, and the people
brought all their cattle into 1t for safety. More
over, 1t was the only means of crossing very
rapid river at the south OF Tanganyika, which was
too rapid for any boats to venture on it,
Mr.. DANDY SEYMOUR asked whether, now that DR..
Livingstone was known to be in safety, the expedi-
ton would return to England 1t would be pity
TO do so.
The PRESIDENT said that no specific instructions
had been given to Lieutenant Dawson for such cir
cumstances Much mad been left to his own dscre-
ton. He hoped by the next meeting to be able to
inform them how he had determined to act.