The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-09-02


Mr.. Stanley quietly gave the philosophers and the
public the slip yesterday, and while the different
excursion parties and sections each credtting
the other with his presence he was cantering over
the Downs with single companion as far as the
DEVILS Dyke, where he spent o quiet and restful
day. BY little quiet lodging up Cannon place,
and so by back streets to the Montpelier road and
the Dyke road, Mr.. Stanley and his friend myself
reached the Downs and abreast Of Hove
without excessive popular manifestation. The
day was lovely, the bright sunshine being
tempered by fresh breezes from the sea, and
though the distant views were lost in haze the
atmosphere was sufficiently clear to show MS tho
character Of the country around and beneath ~
for miles. This was the more interesting from Mr..
Stanleys pleasant habit of comparing the things
Immediately before him to what he has to tell OF
Africa; and OF thus rendering his descriptions
vivid by the most familiar Illustrations Never was
a man fuller OF his subject, or more imbued with
the solemn character Of the obligations he con.
siders himself to have entered into with
Livingstone; and as our talk ran naturally
on his great exploit, the commonest features on
the road gained living interest nom the use to
which they were put by my companion, "Here,"
st POINT Some thfs5 %iIa5 4 5dE q Brlgkt5n To-
wards the Dyke, where there is good deal Of roll
ing ground on one side, and large hollow, made
up Of cornnelds, on the other, with ridge rising
beyond these again, behind which the sea Is glitter
ing-''here you have the exact
CHARACTER OF THE COUNTRY ABOUT uJIJI
Just undulating land like this and covered with
short grass no divisions of course, into fields or
pasture lands, but open and treeless as these
Downs are, perhaps few goats on one hill and q
small herd of cattle on another, and alternating
mountain and hollow, just like what we are looking
over now. My caravan had marched over yonder
hill (near which you say the London road runs),
and many another like it, when we come up
the side here and over the hollow where those
flrze bushes are, and 80 up to narrow division
like the highway to the Dyke. This, where we
are standing. was the last ridge, and there. down
IN the other hollow toward the sea, lay
Uj with the palm rising thick and luxur iant
where those corn sheaves stand the waters Of the
lake shining blue and bright in the place Of those
stubble fields, and another stlr range OF mountains
about where the sea is"
THE VARYING CHARACrHR OF AFRICAN SCENERY,
and the scant justice done to 1t hitherto is another
point upon which Mr.. Stanley's talk Is extremely
interesting, as s the capital sport he had on his
way and the food 1t provided. The sort OF rough
and narrow footpath which edges the fields and
downs abutting upon the road between
Brighton and the DEVILS Dyke is an exact
reproduction OF the goat tracks, which are
the travellers substitute for roads, In the
heart OF Africa. There was all the way to
UjUi as much road as these provide, but there are
so many of these tracks, and they go such va
riety Of ways, that 1t Is only the map and the COM
passes which keep the traveller right. The
park. with trees and grassy slopes and abundant
game; then the pathway will strike through Q
dense forest, where the weary marchers sigh wi tn
relief at passing into shades and then through
high grass ('far taller than the wheat these fel.
lows are cuttingD, and which makes splendid
covert for zebra or girafre stalking. -x
AFRICAN SIGHTS.
A herd Of zebras browsing or galOping over the
plain is Mr. Stanley says, one OF the prettest sights
In the world: and hippophagists will be interested
to know that zebra nesh Is toothsome, savory and
good, but that the giraffe furnishes the finest meat
Of all. Remembering the peculiar aroma OF the
giraffe room at our Geological Gardens, 1t was
somewhat Of a surprise to hear this high praise.
There was an JUNCTION about Mr.. SANKEY'S descrip.
tlon Of one particular slice Of roasted girane,
and Of the ENJOYMENT Its delicious white
fat afforded him, which positively made my
mouth water and gave an unusually fine flavor
to the roast beef we lunched at the Dyke Hotel.
No better idea could be given OF the African alive
hut than the newly matched and neatly furnished
circular haystacks we kept passing ON our way;
and a long, low barn with matched roof, which
we see afterwards among the houses OF the little
village Of Folking, is exactly Ike Livingstone's
house at UjUi qre r..t
e 1a FOOD AND GAME. a
There was no lack Of animal food and of stimu.
latng and appetizing kind, during any portion
of the journey. Game is 80 abundant there
that o sportsman must be bad shot indeed who
cannot furnish forth his dinner table; but good
wheaton bread is worth all this put together to
bread which, in Mr. Staney's Judgment told upon
him more than any other privation; and the I'M
limited supply he had oft on his return to zanzi
restore his health than anything else. For this
reason Mr.. Stanley sent among the supplies he has
American flour, and he believes that no food viii
be more acceptable than this simple staple.
-h-L EQl sTANLEYs DIARY. *
All this and doubtless much more will be told In
the book Mr.. Stanley is engaged upon and which
Messrs. Sampson Low 4 Co. will publish. It was
other day and found that the agents Of French,
American and English publishers had been to the
ONCE OF the NEW YORK HERALD in the French CAPT.
tai and were anxious to treat for any book he might
wish to write that he realized how deeply his expios
had interested the world. Mr. Stanley kept diariet
were always recorded while in their first freshness
rather than the diary FORM for publication, the ma
terials are all ready to his hand, often written I'M
der circumstances which made the nightly posting
up as hard trial as any other on the journey.
One almost grudges any more time being given to
the British Association, or any other public body,
until this book is In the printers hands; and, both
nom what there Is to tell and the vigorous origi-
naliy with which 10 Will be told am satisfied that
Mr. Stanley's book OF African travel will prove one
Of the most remarkable volumes ever issued from
the press $50 -
THE HERALD ExPLoRER's FoRCE-THE TWO WHITE
ft MEN,
AS we jog over the rising ground by the Dyke the
Stanley took with him into the interior. Both
were tried sailors and had been mates OF ships
strong vigorous men, who had, It was Thought,
been we'll Injured to hardship and climate. Both
ded--the one who survived longest seventy DAYS
from the coast; the other at much shorter period.
1.-TWO white men out OF three gone J" setd Ssaniey
to himself mournfuIIy during one Of the periods
OF the terrible depression African fever leaves.
1.-TWO white men gone, and shat! De tne third"
but ms lever never seems 70 nSsS pntro nvsr