The New York herald., 1875-11-29


porting the travels and explo. alton of Mr. Henry NJ
Stanley, commander of the HERALD and Telegraph ex-
pcdition in Africa
ULAaALLA, MTEsA's CAPITAL, UGANDA J
4. LON 80 DEG. 40 40 SIC, N. LAT.
DEG. 81 MIN, April IL, 1878
write this letter in hurry as it s the mere record
Of work begun and not ended--I mean the explora-
lion of the Victoria Niyanza But brief 1t
Barily must be- am 1t will interest thousands OF
your readers for it solves the great question: as the
Victoria Niyanza lake, does IL consist of group
Df lakes ?" such Livingstone reported it to be- In
answer to the query will begin by stating that have
explored, by means of the Lady Alice the whole of
The southern eastern and northeastern shores of the
Victoria Niyanza have penetrated into every bay inlet
nnd creek that ndent Its Shores and have taken thir-
ty-sevon observations, so that feel competent to
decide upon the question at issue, without bias
prejudice to any hypothesis / have OF notes
relating to the countries visited, and ample of
making proper chart at my camp at Usukuma but
have neither paper parallel rules any instrument
whatever to lay down the positions nave taken, with
me at present. merely took artificial horizon,
sextant, chronometer two aneroids boiling point ap-
paratus, sounding line few guns, ammunition and
some provisions, wished TO make the boat light
rs possible that she might work easily in the storr1s
of the Niyanza But when reach camp prop5se to
draw a correct chart Of the Niyanza and yftc such
notes upon the several countries have visited as will
amply repay perusal and study,
AlxRIoAS SURVEY og THE LAKE.
have already informed you that our camp at
Ragehyi, in Usukuma, ds situated in longitude SO
deg Is min. east and latitude deg 81 min. south
Before starting the exploration Of the lake
iained that Muanza was situated few miles west,
almost the same parallel of latitude as Kagehy.
Now MuanZa is the point whence speke OBJ
eerved the Victoria Niyanza and where he drew his i'm
aginary sketch OF the lake from information given to
him by the natives. If you will look at spekes map
you will find that IL contains two slands-Ukerewe
and Mazit Looking at the objects from Kagehy,
would have concluded that they islands myself
but faithful exploration of the lake has proved that
they are not islands, but lengthy promontory OF
land extending from longitude "a deg ASK min east,
longitude 80 deg 40 min 16 east That part Of
the lake that Speke observed from Muanza Is merely
huge gulf about twenty five miles wide by sixtyhv
miles long To the noble Lake Nyapza Speke loyalty
added that OF Victoria, as tribute to his Sovereign,
which let no take away but in order to connect
forever Speke's to the lake which he discovered
have thought 1t bat simple justice to the gallant
explorer to call this immense gulf speke Gulf
If you look again spekes map you will
observe how boldly he tas sketched the Niyanza
that he drew it from mere native report which never
yet was exact or clear must say that do not think
any other man could have arrived so the truth.
must confess that could not have done 1t myself
for could make noting of the vague and mythical
ports OF the natives 81 KagehyL
AT THE MOUTH THE sHMERYU.
Proceeding eastward to the unknown and fabulous
distance the lady Alice with picked Of eleven
and guide coasted along the southern coast Of
the lake, rouni many noble bay until TO the
mouth Of tho Shmeeyu, in longitude 80 deg SO min
east latitude deg 35 min. souh-by far the noblest
river that smptes into the lake that have yet seem
The Shimbeyu has length OF $40 miles, and is the ex-
treme southern source of the Nile Before emptyinR
into the lake 1t unites with the Luamberri River
Whence 1t issues in majestic food to Lake Victoria
Niysnza At its mouth 1t is mile wide, but contracts
as We proceed up the river 70 400 yards Even nv
itself II would make no Insignificant White Nile Bv
accident through Itaru took from it's birth
place months march from the lake, and along many
mile of its crooked course, untby means OF the Lady
Alice we were enabled see II enter the Nyanza
aver or considerable magnitude
MAGu.
Between the mouth OF the shlmeeyu and Kagehyi
we're two countries-Sma and Magu-of the same
nature as Usukuma and inhabited by peoples speaking
The Same dialect on the eastern side OF the river Is
NaZanzh anu Deyunu mahasA
SOUTHWARK TO UrUrwA
Coasting still along the southern shore Of the lake.
beyond Mauasa, We to UtutwaI inhabited by
people speaking different language, namely, that OF
she wsJika, as the wamasai are called here, people
slender and tall carrying iormdaby long knives and
terrible and portentous spears.
THR EXTREME sFEKR GULF
In longitude 33 deg 45 min 45 sec east we came to the
extreme end OF speke Gulf and then turned northward
far as latitude deg min south, whence we pro-
ceeded westward almost in straight line
along shashi and Iranbu in Ukerewe In longi.
tude SO deg 20 min. east, we came TO strait
the Rugeji Strat--whch separates onehalf Of
Ukerewe from the other half and by which there is
direct means OF communication from Spekc Gulf
with the countries lying north of Ukerewe We did
not pass through, but proceeded still westward, hug
gng the bold shores Of that part Of Ukerewe which is
an island as far aslongtude 80 deg 40 15 east
whence, following the land, wo turned northwest
thence NORTH until in latitude deg SO min south we
turned cast again coasna along tho northern shores