The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-26

7 Lnc Chrlstlan POWeTS eXteTmInNtc q
expedition starting under the title o. ivory
terprse means war. AS high as 5000 soldiers are
employed by single trader. Agate had over this
number on the White Nile; Cusnick ALI 1000;
Gatase 1000; Bizzelli, 500. Thus the slave trade
active force quite as large as standing array OF
the United States The Statistics ofthe slave trade
show that the annual drain is 5000 slaves Tine
average value OF these slaves is 500 head; that s
$1,000, 600 In human flesh. How vast, them must
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RELIGION
Per omI Per Cent
sfsS%Ins IL. rarsees.
have roughly computed that the Chris
tian world has spent On missionary labor in
began, an amount SUFFICIENT to have built rail-
road along the line OF the Equator, and to have
let US be PRACTICAL with the Negro, for in
his aboriginal state you cannot spiritualize him.
at to Of the
Equator, that the young savage had religion In his
soul sou, 0ny when he had food N his belly But as
the blacks returned to their heather gods. 1t is
there are 600 acres OF fne black, SOFT loamy
seIl-an acreage that would make two productive
my return TO the United States Ihave consulted Mr..
Holly an expert hydraulic engineer in this State.
these 10 immense tracts nav be e. Brought under
production. The natives who have not yet
submitted-comprising tribes like the Dinkas,
Neam-Neams-number as high as 10, 00O, 600, though
all estimates differ on this point The measures
that are necessary, then, for the development Of
First-The conversion Of the negro and Arab
populations, from D0ng0la to tenth degree OF north
Secoasd-The building OF the railroad to Lower
Egypt to KhartOom, already surveyed, which will
DC T41tn GOO ann"ay to Egypt
Fourts-Foreign capital and European machin-
Inc proud boast of the ofIlcial is that in few
years the Soudan will compete with America to
supply the markets OF the world, and there is no
reason why this prediction should not ultimately
The daily life Of the. soudan is not without its
a. Sa are Up a an n9%f ne sun
walk along the bank OF the Blue Nile and await the
golden day burst in the East. But as the sun APP
shelter OF your mud house, where you win find
your diysI overrun by Arabs, Egyptians and
and chat with you. Noon is the
breakfast hour. Pigeons, mutton rice, bread and
melons make q delightful meal.
The days are always intensely hot, reaching as
high as l2o degrees in the shade, but the nights
are COOL always slept under blankets II three
rules Of health are observed In Africa You COM
paratlvey safe First, do not expose yourself to
the rays Of the sun during the intense heat Sec
Upon my departure from Khartoom left with the
intention OF going to reconnoitrc the deb0uchment
.se se 70 Ma S
join Sir Samuel Baker, and having reported the
progress OF his expedition, to move westward,
along the Equator, across Africa to the Atlantic
Ocean. In q letter dated KhartOOm, June s, 1872,
and addressed to DR.. Gardner, one OF the members
OF your society, thus explained my object.
"a found difficulties at almost every point on my
arrival here. 1t was too late to 60 to GOndOkOOrO;
government had left Cairo hastily and without
full preparations, little dreaming that the route by
the Nile was so badly clogged up and bockaded by
the 'Sudd,' and my ultmatum was to reach Baker,
A closer view of the ground and better knowl
edge OF the tribes somewhat changed my plans
The brave and expert traveller and HERALD CORE
spondent, Stanley, had left Zanzibar with sPlen
did expedition fitted out at great cost. His mission
could achieve that result it would be- Stanley
Well, concluded it would be best to push for
Gondokooro' then turn westward ana If possible try
tinent Such Is my present idea. circumstances
may change it. You know l believe in dong the
best thing and not in pursuing course certain to
entail failure and disaster"
1t was on March Is that we were forced TO anchor
of Arbab Island, over three hundred miles to the
southwark OF KhartoOM. was enchanted with the
White Nile. The river Of lower Egypt has dull,
winding around green islands under hign cultiva
ton, swelling INTO lakes Of several miles in width
A hundred times day the Governor General would
break out with an exuting shout, "ATd QleeCe
Qui-teeri'-"What magnificent soil 10
On June II began my homeward journey, sail
| ber and thence crossed q second desert to the
Red Sea. There is u prospect for the imme-
OF all the countries in the soudan. Sir Samuel
Baker is revolutlonizing the great basin of the
Ting the main doubt coHcernnp 1 the
sources OF that mighty river. am glad to say that
his reputation in the Soudan is one OF which any
traveller might be proud. or DR.. Schweinfurth, 1t
is gratifying to say that his discoveries were con-
tirmed by the men who accompanied him. He had
but saw many persons who inspected the dwarf
he brought down from the equatorial regions. This
as could learn, half monkey. half man The i'm
portance OF his discovery lies in the TACT that the
race Of Tick-yTcks Is the first living proof that we
are allied to the beast world giving probably more
satisfaction to Mr.. Darwin than to those VINO still
contemplate our parents in the Garden Of Eden.
The most interesting traveller met during my
stay in the Soudan was the Arab Shygettea,
who is probably the only man who has ever crossed
Africa TO the northward Of the Equator. My con-
versations with him were long and frequent, but
as he had no idea OF map they were without
value. He was wandering Arab priest AS y
MOhammedan he had no trouble in walking from
Senegal through TimbuctOo, Wada, DarlO0r to the
White Nile and Khartosm, a belt 0i territory where
hammed Is his prophetl" He claims TO have seen
ruins ancient temples, obelisks and pyramids
empire once extended int the heart Of the Con-
tnent. In Wadia he claims to have seen the grand
sss nu he TO Svy ms
feared that the government might Cypress MIN in
case he sold them. His reputation Is however.
or the sources Of the Nile 1t Is hardly my prov
ince to speak Yet have noticed one striking fact
during my travels in Africa which / consider or
great weight In deciding this question. The CONT
nent is covered with vast depressions, which were
undoubtcdy In prehistoric times the sites Of great
lakes. Deep g0rges intersect the deserts. Their
confguration points to the conclusion that they
were once river BEDS But the bodies Of water and
streams which once supplied the valleys are dried
up. Many causes may have effected this result.
When Africa to the confluence OF The White and
Blue Niles was great empire-and proofs OF Its
puissance are being daily discovered about Khar-
toum and the Great Bend of the Nile in the form
OF buried ruins-it Is possible that high
cultivation and great cities were productive
copious rains. We all know that trees and vege-
tation will produce rains where they would not
otherwise fall. These dried-up water courses them
and empty basins are doubtless bequeathed us as
part OF the general ruin which Africa has suf-
fered. Keeping this theory in mind how can DR..
Livingstone heel absolutely sure that the sources Of
the Nile have renamed unchanged since the
days OF PtolemyY 1t Is believed that from time to
time Africa has been visited with great upheavals