The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-26

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smell did not SUIT them, would throw It away.
o. Pa estine, he SAID Lieu enant Conder R E.,
has made important discoveries o. RUNS in tine
hill country Of judah. which he thinks ie can
identity with iome OF lost Biblical cities. he
has fand boundary stones, winch may prove to
| be the ancient Levltcai Landmarks. Mr.. Henry
Mauds.ey has also made recent discoveries upon
Mount Zion. lieutenant Gender saws that the
whole OF Palestine Will be surveyed within Jour
| years; that 800 square miles are now ADDED to tine
| map, being ave times as much az was at hrst ex-
Dected 10 be accomplished.
LteWenant Cameron, tine commander OF the
Livingstone Relief EXPEDITION, all er fulniltng the
las duties Of that trust by Transporting the
remains OF Dr. Livingston TO the coast and seeuf-
devoito himself to the follow ng Sp Of Living.
| stones explorations and has made "a most I'M
poItart ssosrapoicaa, discover, men a1es the
and wn Oh there Is every reason TO think viii con-
meet tie network OF laRes ana rivers o. the wafer
! system that Livingstone was investigating with
tue great rivers that now 10 the western coast OF
AFRICA and PROBABLY with the Congo
| We have received rom Colonel Z. @. Long chiel
| OF General Gordon's stan, nost interesting &C
! 9 unit o. ms exploration OF the Victoria Nyanza
! that lake with Lake Mwntan Nzige. dls covered ~
Baker and calea by him the Albert Nyanza. He
where speke let II, and as ne proceeded norm.
ward entered q large lake or BASIN wenty or
storms, ana alter TWO days found MS way ut
| again into the rvef and followed II TAR enough to
verify that IT Is the stream ina, tnat enters the
no merely reservoir o. The Victoria Mama, but
was supplied b, erea. watershed southwark Of
1t. IL may possoly prove to be Lake Barngo,
| which Is placed upon the maps upon ia.
tive in Ormailon. colonel Long Is SAID 10
| be the nrs white man VINO has been upon the
Victoria Nyanza. IL appeared to him TO be from
twelve to fifteen miles across, but he says It may
twenty 1ve To thirty ieet IN depth. DR.. Nacnt.
gail. TO whose journey TO Bornou nave pre-.
tion OF five years, winch mas embraced the
| country east OF the caravan route from MurZux
| ROruOu
doan, the region lying between Bornou and me
Ns 10 upper Egypt ne hssn along ns
| active. The Marquis de Compeigue and N.
Ma che nave re arned from their exploration Of
was not July accomplished, az hey were con.
peied by war and the receding waters to return;
made journey up tAe Quilla River and
Switzerland. lie returned 70 JOIN an an
expea,ton which Is 70 cross the EQUATOR and
| piored by Ur. Schweiniurtn. Ire AbDe Boeche
mas made aJourney through part OF Danomey, and
which ne Las laid before the french Geographical
Society. Lieutenant Candy, The commander or the
stone, mas re urned ana laid before the 10, al
Ge0g.al bical oocety an interesting account OF
| the region ne trsversed. He i0and the nations
made To Intercept the transit oi slaves TO the
coast and That attention was beng given to he
cultivation OF the india rubber Tree, OF the value
| OF winch the natives were previously ignorant.
terrible epldemic-tne smalpox-was
aud he describes the Congo as one of the grandest
rivers IN the world, aud as navig.De Tor ITO miles
rom It's mouth. on the east coast mr. STANLEY has
organized an expedition nom Zanzibar, when is
to be prosecuted at the joint expense OF tine NEW
York HERALD and the London Teley raph, Tor the
purpose OF exploring the region last visited by
DR.. Livingstone; and N. de Brazza Is to explore
IN the same direction, tine expense OF which is to
graphical Society oil Paris.
Alter reference 20 the explorations made in
FOrmOsa and New Guinea, the lecturer, in speak
ing of AUSTRALASIA, SAID
Colonel p. +. Warourton has made a remarkable
journey across Australia from Adelaide 10 the
west coast, wncn was acnleved under the most ex-
tIaordlnary diicultles. Alter the first 200 miles,
thee whole repiO traversed Was dreary aud
scarcely nabiiab,e waste the country with out lew
excepJOnaDe places, consisting OF ridges OF sand
and uninhabitsoie Inc natives found are The
lowest III tBe scale OF humanity. They had no nuts
nor place OF shelter. except tie shady size OF
| bush. AS TO clothing. the men put u bone OF the
wallapee, small animal thai ives without water,
through their noses. aud are then. he says. in iu
| dress; and as respects the dress OF the woman
he adds, there is notnins TO say: the natives
avoided the explorers aud were difficult to ii "a.
An attempt was MADE to catch and keep one with.
out water, that he might thereby be compelled to
| point out where water was 20 be found. They snc-
| her last to tree, but she gnawed through the
| rope and escaped, running on tiptOe TO prevent
the explorers from al scoverlng ner trail.
In conciudlne his lecture Judge DAILY sad-Aiter
this review OF the geographical work ot the world
in a single year may, In conclusion, remark NAT,
! although geographical inquiry began with the
dawn OF cvilizau N, Its progress mas been neces-
sary slow, for, although much is known, much
| YET remains to be known, TACT II ON which q con-
cepti0n may be formed or the vastness OF the in-
curry, o the obstacles which oDstruct 1t ana OF
| the infinite details IT involves. Inc Creator Who
has placed US upon TINS pianet has endowed us
| with the faculties by which can learn every.
thing respecting 1t, and the lesson taught BY the
| past IL that AZ knowledge mas increased. man.
| kind mas advanced In the scale oil being. he
| from the savage state, which have converted the
wilderness into cultivated field and brougnt
change OF knowledge between people widely sep.
arated, STILL exist, and have yet large field iOr
their exercise Ia various parts Of the earth. 10
the lonely traveller and self-sacrfclng missionary
1t Is something that there are thirty five geoarapn
teal societies IN tue world, VINO watch their prog.
ress estimate their laoor at It's real value and
we.come eacn addition they make to The STOCK OF
human knowledge. The world Is now July awake
to the importance OF this work and pervaded Dy
the sentiment that there are people too re-
mote or 100 degraded TO feel the Influence ana
benefit BY the results OF geographical inquiry.
SPEECH OF DIR. 1. I. HAYES.
DR.. !. L HAYES. In rising to move the vote of
thanks, said
Mr.. PRESIDENTIAL rising to move @ vote OF
thanks to the President OF the society Tor the Care
faness with which ne has observed and tne ao.i,ty
col work OF tue past year, believe only express
the ieelDg OF every . one present when
vas. iund 'na Of iniurmas,on but nut tSas we s
have been carried IL imagination around the
take the liberty OF saying tnat the society may
| well congratulate itself upon the fac, that we
have President whose Range OF vision is 50 wide
as 70 allow nothing which Ieiates to our
society to escape 1t. From the depth OF
| the sea he nits US TO the sharp peaks
| OF the Sierra Nevada and sweeps US away,
| with smo0thness OF method quite his own, to
| the Nortn making US IAN y shudder with the
| vlvdness OF HIS recital, and, skipping then 10
ancient Troy, lars before us It's long hidden splen-
| doris, and then away to Asia ana Africa. making
grounds. Upon one point only OF this admiraole
ADDRESS am competent to pass an opinion, aud
| that Ia In relation 10 the discoveries OF
THE GALLANT AUSTRIANs,
| under Payer ana Weyprecit and, since these
discoveries have probably excited more attention
during the past year than any other actually ne W
discovery OF the past year. may, perhaps, be al
lowed to alude TO It's significance 1t Is proposed
| now to continue the exploration, and Austria,
Germany and England. inspired Oy the Austrian
| successes, are to make concentrated effort
| toward the Pole. May we not venture
| to nope that our learned President may be lie to
| announce IN his next annual address fresh
achievements, and that be will not then be