The Portland daily press., 1875-03-06
that makes their smile like that OF the croco.


la. Thence he was Obliged to return with
narty of Arab slavetraders on account of the
natives being aroused against them. On the
Journey he was takenlvery sick and was carried
hack in a litter most of the way, reaching Ujiji
March IL, 1869.
In the following July being in measure re-
covered and having received a fraction of
consignment of merchandise from Zanzibar, the
larger portions having been stolen, he started
again for the Manyema country, an entirely
new and UNEMPLOYED. district, where ivory was
so plentiful as to be used as door posts, and
where the people were more civilized than 9TH
er tribes, but decided cannibals, and even
ghoulish enough to bury bodies for some days
until they should acquire ''high" flavor, ana
then dig them up for eating. In this trip he
succeeded in reaching to 3:35s and fairly traced
his river north to its junction with Its western
ranch, but horrid massacre OF 4Oo persons
perpetrated on the defenceless people, when
assembled at diurnal market, by his Arao
companions, SO disguised him that he returned
TO Uiiii. arriving there Oct. %, 1871. On the
2sth he met Stanley, and together they started
in the following month to explore the northern
end of Taugauyiki, on which occasion was set
tied the important geographical question that
the Lusize flows into the lake.
March 14th 1872, Stanley left, after supplying
Livingstone beautifully with goods, and he
prepared for his final voyage to Bangweola.
He got away August 18th, followed down the east
coast of the lake and then southwest to about
lat $40 when he made nearly direct course to
A.on IL fI,ar, cd
east till he struck the lake, which he skirted as
closely as possible. During the trip he suffered
severely from frequent attacks of dysentery to
which he finally succumbed May 1st 1873. at
Chitambo's village on the southern border OF
the lake in about south lat. IL east long, 2S:4o'
His servants with wonderful faithfulness en-
balmed his body as well as their limited means
would permit, aud encircling the lake passed
around its western end, discovering the source
of.Lvingstone's great river,or one great branch
of the Nile as he firmly believed it to be, and
tracing back their course carried the remains
with every item of his property 100 miles to
Zanzibar where it was received by the Enghsh
with the usual omission to say thank you, and
the noble fellows returned back into the bush
to shift for themselves.
We find the whole Journal full of curious
facts and memoranda: for instance "When the
white ants cast off their colony OF winged emf
grants, canopy is erected like an umbrella
over the anthll. AS soon az the ants fly
against the roof they tumble down in show;
ar. and their wings instantly become detached
from their bodies. They are then helpless, and
are swept up in baskets to be fried, when they
make very palatable food"
He speaks of the wind fig being a sacred tree
and wonders if it can be tradition of it being
the tree of life.
He fluids that in the Manyuema country they
preserve their oxen fro N the dreaded tsetse fly
by smearing their tails with lions fat.
''Baker thinks that the first want of Africans
is to teach them to ,oant. Interesting! seeing he
was loved almost to death by Kamrasi wanting
everything he had"
His abiding faith that his river connected with
the Nile is quite persuading He even locates
the four fountains of the Nile spoken OF by
Herodotus upon the West Lualaba, which he
did not explore. aud speculates as to whether
Moses may not have come up thither With his
foster mother Merr and founded the city called
"Meroe' in her honor as is tabled, and wheth-
er it might not be there that he married the
ethiopian woman" As the real Meroe was
undoubtedly in South Nubia about 700 miles up
the river, and as the ancients included q vast
extent OF unknown territory under the title OF
Ethiopia, including probably the Sinaitic pc
ninsula, it is much more probable that Moses
travelled 300 miles in that direction, than 240O
miles into Central Africa, and the Ethiopian
woman was undoubtedly the charming Zipho-
rah who won his heart at the well of indian.
But if we laugh at the good Doctors specula-
tions we cannot fail to see that he has made
a most important discovery, and while we re-
joice that his fame was not limited to Lake
Nysssa and the Zambesi as seemed probable
when Spoke, Grant aud Baker got away with
the sources" we cannot fail to ask with the
deepest interest, "Where does his mighty river
go?'st #'
THE DOCTRINE OF DESCENT AND DARwINIsM. By
Oscar Schmidt. Vol. XIII of the International
Scientific Series. New York: D. Appleton & Co.
For sale by Bailey & Noyes
The International Scientific Series has now
reached the XIIIth volume, and its red covers
are tolerably fam iliar to the reading public
The series is noble conception, and the con-
ception has been nobly carried out The OPEN
ng volume by Prof. Tyndall on 'Forms of
Water" is a wonderfully clear and entertain
ing exposition of the subject, and model
popular scientific manual. Mr.. Bagehots
essay on physics and Politics" is an original,
interesting and suggestive treatise On the sub
ject of Foods Dr. Edward Smith, the great
est living authority on that branch, has fur
nished book of high value. "Body and
Mind" by Professor Balm, the keenest of En-
glish psychologists, is condensed, clear, and
forcible statement of the present status OF psy-
chology. Herbert Spencer's Study of Soci-
ology' is of course of the highest authority.
"The New Chemistry" by Professor Josiah
Cooke, the first American contribution to the
series, is work worthy of American scientists.
Prof Balfour Stewards Conservation of En-
erxy" is an able, lucid, and satisfactory expo
sition of this interesting topic Dr. Pettigrew's
contribution on "Animal LocomOtion" is very
entertaining. Responsibility in Mental Dis
ease" from the pen of the eminent specialist,
DR.. Maudsley, is a mastery monograph on
very important subject The work of Prof.
Sheldon Amos on "The Science of Law" is a
wonderfully successful attempt to popularize
and make clear a science which more perhaps
than any other, has been darkened by tech
nical obscurites. Animal Mechanism" by
Prof. Marcy, is curious aud interesting trea-
tise. DR. Diapers brilliant "History of the
Conflict between Religion and Science" has
perhaps awakened more interest than any
other work that has been published this sea-
son. Now Professor Schmidt comes to the
front. and in the XIIIth volume of the series
gives an exposition of "The Doctrine of De-
scent and Darwinism."
Prof Schmidt's work does not pretend to be
judicial In his own words the doctrine of De-
scent is a case Sin which definite decision has
to be made between two fundamental alterna-
tiyes We have, therefore, endeavored to de-
fine our standpoint sharply in the introduction,
snd to preserve it rigidly throughout the work
No one will question the dstinctness of the
position assumed, however much it may be de-
sired to overthrow the pitiless logic which the
author brings TO his support-the logic of es'
tablished facts. He essays to present the whole
rsmified and complicated problem OF the doc
trine of Descent and its foundation by OAR
win. so as to enable the reader to understand
Its cardinal points, restricting himself, how