The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-27

canoe, and having prepared our gunswe started
utes we were entering little bay about q mile
wide, and saw before US to the north dense brake
., RapyIus anu masete cane until we were Close
| opening for river such we imagined the Rusizi
to be. We followed some canoes which were dis
some gaps In the dense brake. Pulling boldly up,
we found ourselves In what afterwards proved to be
THE CENTRAL MOUTH OF THE RIVER.
All doubt as to what the Rusizi was vanished at
once and forever before that strong brown Hood
pulled up. once doubted, as seized an oar, that
We should ever be able to ascend; but alter hard
quarter OF an hours pulling the river broadened.
and little higher up we saw 1t widen into lagoons
on either side. The aluvial plain through which
the river makes its exit into the lake Is about
twelve miles wide, and narrOws into point after
length OF fifteen miles, or narrow valley folded In
by the eastern and western ranges, which here
meet at distance Of couple Of miles: The west
ern range, which lnclines to the eastward haltS
westward while the eastern range inciines west.
shoots Off nOrthwestward, where 1t is lost
amid perfect tumble OF mountains. The
chief in Usge. He is a great traveller. Born in
Urundi, he has been to Karagwa and Ruanda, and
came to Usige when quite a young man. Though o
pleasant cynic in his way, he shared in our enthu.
siasm as il he had been an Associate OF the Royal
Geographical Society, and entered very readily into
a discussion about the mooted points which still re-
manned unsoved.
SOME FACTS ABOUT THE RUsIzI.
Briefly, he said that the RuSiZi rose from the
Lake Kivo, a lake fifteen miles in length and about
eight in breadth Kwansibura was the chief OF the
district in northeastern Urundi. which gives its
name to the lake. Through a gap in mountain the
river Ruszi escaped out OF Lake Kivo On leaving
Kivo LAKE it is called Kwangeregere. It then
and becomes known as the Rusizi, or Lu-
sizi. A days march from Magihea or say
Luanda or Ruanda, flowing from q northwestery
direction, from which / gNher that the river
Luanda is called after the name of the country
Ruanda, said to be famous for its copper mines.
Besides the Luanda there are seventeen other
streams which contribute to the Rusiz; these are
Duran, Mohra, Namagana, Nya Kagunda. RuvirO,
Rofuba, Kavimvira, Mujove Ruhuhha, Mukndu,
Sange Rubirizi Kiriba. Usige, a district of Urundi
occupying the head OF the lake, extends two
marches into the north, or 80 miles; after which
comes what is called Urundi Proper for another
two days march, and directly north OF that Is
Ruanda, very large country almost equal in size to
Urundi Rubinga had been six days to the nOrthward
There were some in his tribe who had gone further
but from no could we obtain any intelligence OF
q lake or OF q large body OF water, SUCH as the
Albert Nyanza, being to the north Sir Samuel
Baker has sketched the lake as being within one
degree north OF the Tanganyika: but 1t Is obvious
that its length is not so great as 1t is representa-
OF Vacovia. Ruanda, as represented to us by
Rubinga, Mokamba, chiefs of Usge, and their
elders, s an exceedingly mountainous country,
whole district north OF Urundi Proper, between
Mutumbi on the west and Urundi on the east and
north OF Ruanda we could obtain no Information.
West OF 'Urundi Is the extreme frontier OF Man.
yema, winch even mere mas Deen nearu OF. In re-
turning to Ui after the satisfactory solution or the
River Rusizi, we coasted
DOWN THE WESTERN SHORE OF THE TANGANYIKA,
and came to Uvira at noon on the following day.
We were shown the sandy beach on which the
canoes of Burton and Spoke had rested. Above
little south of this, rises the lofty peak of Samburz,
fully $500 feet above the level OF the lake. Mruti,
the Chief of Uvira, still lives in the village he occu-
pied when Burton and Spoke visited his dominlons.
days march, or fifteen miles south OF this, Uvira
narrows down to the alluvial plains formed by the
numerous streams which dash down the slopes OF
the western range, while the mountainous country
Is known ubembe, the land OF the cannbals,
who seldom visit the canoes of the traders.
South of Uvira is Usansi peopled by race
extremely cannabaliStiC in its TASTE as the Doctor
and myself had very good reason to know. think
il we had q few sick or old men among our party we
could have disposed OF them to advantage, or we
might have exchanged them for vegetables, which
would have been most welcome to us. From
Usans we struck Off across the lake, and, rowing
all night, at dawn we arrived at a port in Southern
Urundi. Three days a1terward we were welcomed
by the Arab traders or Ujijt, as we once more set
foot on the beach near that bunder We have thus
cOasted around the northern half OF the Tangan-
yika, and l might inform you of other tribes who
dwell its shores but the principal subject OF my
paper was to show you how we settled that vexed
question, ''W2S the RuSiZi an eiiiuent or an innu
emit ?" There is. then, nothing more to be said on
that point,
But, gentlemen, | must ask your permission to
deliver message from your great associate Liv-
ingstone, who long before this has left Unyanyembe
and Is proceeding to the scene or his late discOv-
cries. lie told me to tell you that he wants no COM
paniOn now that he requires no more stores; that
when he has satisfied himself OF the sources OF the
as will satisfy you. With plenty OF stores and over
seventy good men, well armed and equipped, he Is
route to Ufpa, healthy and strong and as
enthusiastic as ever. Having delivered my mes.
sage cOnclude with thanking You for the attention
with which you have listened to me.