Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-08-03

peopic GuSncu up at the top oil MS
speed, and, in great excitement, gaspcd
out, IAN Englishman il coming; see
him" and darted to meet him. The
American flag, the first ever seen in
these parts, which headed the caravan,
told me the nationality of the stran-
ger. j am as cold and non-demon-
strative as We islanders arc usually re
puted to be, but your Kindness made
my frame thrill. 1t was indeed over
whelming, and | said in my soul, let
the richest blessings descend from the
Highest on you and yours. The news
Stanley had to tell me was thrilling
The mighty political changes on the
continent, the success of the Atlantic
cable, the election of Gen. Grant and
many other topics rivetcd my atten-
ton for days together, and had an i'm
mediate and beneficial effect on my
health: had been without news from
home for years, save what | could
CLEAN from few Saturday Reviews
and Punch of 1868. Appetite revived,
In week began to feel strong again.
Stanley brought most kind, encourga-
ing dispatch from Lord Clarendon,
whose loss | sincerely deplore, the first
/ had received from the foreign office
since 1866, and the information that
the British government had kindly
sent thousand pounds sterling to my
aid. Up to his arrival | was not aware
of any pccuniary aid, as | came unsala-
ried. But this want is now happily
repaired and / am anxious that you
and all my friends should know that
though uncheered by a letter, / have
stuck to the task which my friend Sir
Roderick Murchison set me, with John
Bull tenacity, believing that ali would
come right at last. The watershed
of South Central Africa is over seven
hundred miles in length. The foun-
tains thereon are almost innumerable
that is, it would take a mans lifetime
to count them. From the watershed
they converge into four large rivers,
and these again into two mighty
streams in the great Nile valley which
begins in ten to twelve degrees of south
latitude. 1t was long ere the light
dawned on the ancient problem and
gave me clear idea of the drainage
| had to feel my way, and every step
of the way | was generally cropping in
the dark, for who cared where the
rivers ran-wc drink our fill and let
the rest run by" The Portuguese who
visited Cazembe asked for slaves, and
heard nothing else. l asked about
waters, questioned and cross-question-
ed until | was almost afraid of being
set down rs afflicted with hydroeephe.
lus. My last work in which / have
been greatly hindered from want OF
suitable attendants, was following the
central line of drainage down the
rough country of the canibals called
Manyumia, or shortly Manyema. This
line of drainage has four lakes in it
The fourth | was near when obliged
to turn. 1t is from one to three miles
broad and never can be reached at any
point or any time of the year. The
two western drains, Lupria or Bartle
freyz river flow into it at Lake Kama.
lonoo. Then the great Lomainc flow.
through Lake Lincoln into and seem.
oform TIE western arm of the Nil,
on which Pethcrick traded Now
Know about six hundred miles of watel
shed, and unfortunately the seventh
hundred is the most interesting of the
the whole, for in it, if I ana not mis-
taken, four fountains arise irom al
earthcn mound and the last Of tn,
four becomes at no great distance of
a large river Two of these run nortl
to Egypt, the Lupcra and Louraine
and two run South into inner Ethiop;
as the Liambai, or Ripper Zambes
and Rafreane. These are not the sour
ces of the Nile mentioned by the Sec
rotary of Minerva in the city of Sai
to Herodotus. | have heard of then
SO often and at great distance of, tina
| cannot doubt their existence, and il
, spite of the sore longing for home tina
scizes me every time l think of III,
family, | wish to finish up by their re
discovery.
Five hundred pounds sterling wortl
of goods have again unaccountabl,
been entrusted to slaves and have beer
/ over year on the way instead of fou
, months. | must go where they lie a
your expense ere / can put a natura
completing to my work and if my dis
closures Of the terrible Ujijian slavery
, should lead to the suppression of tn,
, east coast slave trade, / shall rcgarC
that as greater matter by far thar
the discovery of all the Nile source,
together Now that you have don,
with domestic slavery forever lend IL,
your powerful aid toward this grcat
t object. This fine country is blighteC
as with a curse from above, in order
, that the slavery privileges of the petit.
, Sultan of Zanzibar may not be in
fringed and the rights of the Crown Of
Portugal, which are mythical should
be kept in allegiance till some futur,
|, time when Africa will become another
India to Portuguese slave traders.
conclude by again thanking You mos
cordially for your great generosity.
am gratefully yours,
DAVID LIVINGSTONE.