The New York herald., 1875-12-10
What Is Said in DR.. Petermann'S see
Ographical Communication"
The Work Which Has Been Accomplished i
What Remains To Be Done.
COLONEL GRANTS OPINIONS.
TRANSLATED from Dr.. Pctermann's Geographical Com
municationh u

dsappointments in West African expeditions, recon-
penses by great success IN Equatorial Africa We
scarcely call this unexpected for Mr. STAN
ley had already proved the occasion Of his journey
in search Of Livingstone that he combined unbendng
resolution with great Skill and that he understood how
TO carry out great plan Of exploration spite Of all
hndrance. AS then, Stanley supported with suHn-
cient supplies and money and his past experiences led
us to anticipate favorable results than be-
fore IL created just astonshment when James Gordon
Bennett sent a correspondent OF his paper the
NEW YORK HERALD at cost OF thousands of
dollars, search for Livingstone in the interior Of
Africa 'My father said he to Stanley, 'has made
the New YORK HERALD great newspaper, and hope
20 make 1t still greater. will publish all the news
that can interest the whole world, however much it
may cost" One could foresee that II the plan find
Ing the long lost Lvingtone should prove successful
would cause the greatest excitement, and would
give the NEW York HERALD much honor. Mr.. Ben
nets efforts were therefore, said FIRST to be moth
ing than speculative ones but when Stanley was
sent out last year, for tho second time at the
cost Of the NEW York HERALD and of
tho London Daily Telegyaph accompanied by a
number Of European servants, well supplied with
wares, arms astronomical and other scientific nstru
ments, the use Of which he had learned and practsed
and especially with large and portable yacht capable
OF being taken to pieces for the purpose of sailing
and exploring the Central African lakes, and to
pete the explorations OF Livingstone, it shown
shat the
ENTERPRISE OF THE NEW YORK HERALD
not based on clamor after effect grasp
ing sensation, but that it had the mission
OF a great newspaper in magnificent and hitherto
unheard of spirit, and was cndeavoring to make
its reporora system of exporation and certainly
that new system could not have been commenced in
more auspcious manner; and through Stanley Mr.
Bennett had achieved a second and more important
success than the brilliant one which at first made
him famous.
srANLEY's
The writer then goes to describe Sanley's journey
until he reached tho Victoria Niyanza and says
'After march Of 1o3 days he Stood on the 27th of
February 1875 the shores of the lake which Cap
tain Speke discovered in july 1S5s and declared be
The principal lake OF the Nile" Spoke endeav
orcd in second journey with Grant QS59-1S63) to
prove the connection of this lake with the
Nile, but in this he not completely Success
ful, and his report, therefore, found just as many
opponents as adhcrents His old companion in explo-
ration, Captain Richard Burton, became particularly
hostile to him. and endeavored to show that the dis
covery of the Victoria Lake matter Of no i'm
portance to put in its place group of smaller lakes
and also sought to show that the Tanganyika tho
principal lake source OF the Nile.
DIFFERENCES
In the attitudes which Spoke had found southern
and northern shores OF the lake. and by the representa-
tion that there number OF enluents on the
northern side of the lake Speke's map Burton's
views found acceptance many quarters and tho SER
vices of Speke and Grant were almost forgotten al
though Baker, in 1864, corroborated and confirmed
number OF their assertions in regard the outlet of
the Victoria Niyanza Indeed, in recent years, tho
representations OF
GROUP LAKES
on the place of the great Victoria Lake became con-
stanty frequent the charts their right to
be placed there appeared have corroborated in
1874 by Colonel Long, who from the north shore of
lake could only perceive the lake extending southward
short distance.
RESERVED
so the truth Spekcs views in great points
Evidently gifted with appreciation of geographical
science, he induced Livingstone in 1871, to explore
with him the northern end of the Tanganylka and he
found instead Of the outlet which had supposed
Ly Burton and many Others compact basin with un-
important mountain streams feeding il, just Speke
had narrated In 1874 Lieutenant Cameron discovered
that the Tanganyika had It's outlet the side
sending its waters the Luaaba Congo therefore
coud not belong to the system OF the Nile
POINT,
the unity of the Victoria Nyanza, has been made
certainty by Stanleys voyage the entire lake
IN the months OF March and May or the present year
His map, published in the NEW YORK HERALD aud
chart shows well outlined shore with numerous
groups of adjacent islands, while Spoke could only
mostly underlined outlines; but both agree the great
TACT especially when compare the modification OF
spekc's chart, necesstated by wakeded's inquiries
Especially the separation OF Baringo from tho
Victoria Nyanza), with Stanley's.
DETAILS,
where Speke himself the shore agree in a salts.
factory Thus see, after the lapse OF dozen
years, the dscoverer of the lake vindcatcd his de-
scriptons verified and his fame purified from all sus-
pcions Of having given pictures Of his fantasy
instead Of the truth. Unfortunately be was per
mted TO live to experience this satisfaction but il is
nevertheless matter at which to rejoice that his CON-
panon now sees verified and acknowledged that which
they achieved together through long years Of labor
suffering aud every one will deeply sympathize with
Ihe words which Grant wrote to the author Of these
iines;"Ths is glorious verlGcation for me after so
many, like Burton, and even the great Livingstone
have refused to They cut up the
lake into a number. and called them lagoons:
but have never dcviated from the truth. and
thank God that live to my dear, true friend Speke
vindicated by Mr. Stanley in his geography of that in.
iercstng equatorial region. Speke always gave a
sober, moderate report of what he heard Ex-
aggcralion in his nature facts his motto
and at the time the most important feeder OF the
lake found by Stanley TO be the shmecyu, which
said to rise degrees south and 50 degrees east
the land Of urm and alter Of $50 miles flows
into the lake eastward OF Spekes Jordan Whether
this Shmeeyu may be considered the source OF
the Nile depends two further problems which have
yet 10 be decided by Stanley.
NOT
with the exploration Of the Victoria Niyanza the young
American is proceed to the Albert Niyanza
Nwutan TO explore that lake in the Lady Alice On
fho hand, he is to examine II this lake receives
tributaries which may claim precedence over the VIC
foria Nile Somerset River; that IS, whether IL may
have greater right be looked upon as the prncpa
feeder OF the Nile on the other hand, he must dcdn
lively decide the connection OF the Mwutan with the
Nile. Spoke had accepted this connection from the
communications Of natives and traders Baker has,