Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-10-27
Stanley 10 Africa.

Il will be remembered that more thar
q year ago. through the joint enterprise
OF the Londsn Telegraph and New Yorl
Herald. Henry II. Stanley was dispatched
q second time to make explorations IL
equatorial Africa. He Ind been there
previously, Us the exclusive ngent and
correspondent OF the New York Herald.
In search OF DIR. Livingstone. OF whom he
gave the only reliable reports that Ind
been received for several years.
Part OF the country travorscd by Mr..
Stanley was new. while another part had
been gone over by DIR. Livingstone,
whose discoveries. II the Herald can be
believed. were not near so important to
the scientific world M those made by
Mr.. Stanley. and which will go to the
enrichment Of the museums In which
such archives are deposited. and to the
world at large. Mr.. Stanley states that
his work has just begun, aud that II will
probably DO several years before II will
Be completed. He has with him q boat,
constructed In sections. which will be
screwed together. In which Il is his In.
tention TO mako n thorough survey OF
the immense lakes believed to DO tho
sources Of the Nils-omitting In his
visits 40 portion OF the shores where an
important fact, additional TO his maps,
Is likely to DO obtained. Lake Victoria
Nyanza was seen by Spoke In 1858, while
he was ON an exploration with Captain
Burton. The latter gentleman had been
taken sick ut Kazeh, midway between
Lake Tanganyuka and tho coast.
When Captain Spoke subsequently Told
him the MIXTURE OF his supposed discov.
cry. aud expressed the belief that the
sources OF the Nile wero hors. Captain
Burton was incredulous, and snesrcd at
him. The difference Of opinion between
the two men eliminated In n quarrel.
Captain Spoke returned to England and
laid his information before the Royal
Geographical Society, which had 30
much faith In tho truth Of his state.
ments, that, In connection with several
libsral.mindod gentlemen. II raised tho
funds to ft him out q second expedition,
to confirm tho theory no had broaehod
In the first.
This time he was accompanied by
Captain Grant and two hundred ncn.
They were plundersd by hostile tribes
through which they passed, and by death
and dssertion lost all their men but
eighteen on reaching tho objective point.
Spoke aud Grant were themselves on
tue sick list, but tho former. having q
strong will and good constitution, ro-
covered 90 far as to be enabled to con-
tinue his explorations. which thoroughly
confirmed him In the report no had pro.
viously made. There were two grand
lakes, sources OF the Milo. which were
respectively named Albert" and ''vic.
toria N~yanza." Spoko's material dis
covorios ended hero. His whole career
was marked by obstacles which would
have intimidatsd an explorer with less
heart In his business.
The sources OF the Nile having been
discovered beyond NIL doubt, there was
still . question relating to the annual
overfows Of that river to be definitely
solved. Sir Samuel Baker took upon
himself the task OF ~sxpounding this
riddle. in 1861 no started with asplcn.
did outfit up tho Nile, disembarked at
Koroska, and struck mp with q caravan
across the Nubian Desert TO Kartoum.
From this point he followed up tho Nile.
along It's shore, until by tho necessary
dstours he Ind eff,ctually explored tho
Nile tributaries. These hc found TO bo
the Atbara, the binder, the Lettitc. tho
salaam, the Rohan md lesser streams.
which, nj n certain senson OF tho year,
wore flooded by tho severe rains OF tho
cquato rial region, and poured their
aqueous tribute In vast volumes into the
stately Nile. But Baker had n compar.
ativsly easy time Of II. His wife was
with him, and he spent most Of his
time In tho field, hunting the elephant,
rhinocsros. girnffo, hippopotamus and
other smaller game, with which the
country abounds.
According TO Mr.. Stanley's account,
he has had the hardest time Of my OF
the explorers. II il his intention be-
fore no leavcs equatorial Africa, to YER
lily or disprovo tho statements made by
Speko, by extending his pursuit further,
closer, and with nm eye single to the ell.
richment OF historical and geological in
formation. lilo loft the coast with throo
hundred men. but when he numbered
them, after q land journey Of some five
hundred miles. at Mgongo Zembo, he
had only ono hundred aud ninoty-four
left. Sickness. slaughter and dcsertion
had done q fearful work. Dysentcry,
owing to o want OF food and water. was
the chief foo with which hs.had to con.
tend. although the natives killed thirty
OF his men In n single battle. subss.
quent to that date twenty o men
died, reducing his travelling force to one
hundred aud tw~snty.six men. Notwith.
standing the difficulties Mr.. Stanley en-
cosntcrs, he still keeps on his way an.
dauntsd, andis determined 10 accomplish
the object OF his mission. II his lifo Is
spared for that purpose. Ho has been
furnished with an abundance Of every.
thing essential for the trip, and OK.
presass himself as entirely satisfied on
this head. That ho will succeed Is n
fact 40 we'll assured. that nothing can
prevent Il but the contingency above al.
iuded to, which there Is now q loss lia-
bility to happen. since no has encoun.
tered and overcome most OF the dangers
III III. tlAS. .