, 1875-12-01
Attacks and Assaults by Hostile Na-
liycs---Throltgh The Napoleon
Cilaunpl 10 the Uganda
Shore.
A Royal Reception---salutes,
Flags, Drums, and
Soldicry.
King Mtesa--His Court, Guards,
and Personal Appearance,
The American Christian TumbIes Islam
ism to the Ground.

ism to the Ground.
!te,e 1'ork H.rdM, Sou. 20.
Dy tho European mail OF tho 10Th inst, to
baud yebser1ag, wo havo the following Interest,"
ing letter reporting the travola and explorations
OF Mr.. Henry II. Stanley. commander OF tho
Heral9 aud Telegraph expedition IN Africa:
TIE LETTER.
ULAaALLA, MrEsAs CAPITAL, UuAHpA, i.
, LoN. 81 DEG. 80 Mis-. 45 sEo., n. LAT. 0 nru.
50 MIN, April IL, 1S75.-I write this lc..or Ii d
bury, ns IL Ia the moro record Of a work begun
and not onded.-I mean the exploration OF tho
Victoria Niyauza. But. briof ~ ii necessarily
must be, an ssro It will interest thousands Of
your readers, for It solves the great question,
;" Is the Victoria Nlyanza One 1ako, or does Il
consist Of group OF lakes7' such al Living
etone reported 1t to be. In answor to the query,
will begin By stating that havo explored, by
moans Of tue Lndy Alice, the whole Of tho
aonthern, eastern, and northeastern shores OF
the Victoria NiYanzA, l,ayo penetrated into every
bay, Inlet and creek that ndont Its nhorcs and
have tnkcn thtrty.ssvon observations, 40 that
feel comretcnt to decdo upon tho question at
ssuc. without bias or prejudice to any hypotho-
sis. Ihavc maas OF noles relating 10 tho
ees ',.;sN ''s.s'"' euu Au'i'' Asa1's VI
-. 11s',,,, 3 'AIp
~. n".a,,., ,,,sa p aNo." fA.
~ =" A.,
~" u wv s'oo'.''"' na'o
,'na,, .aAa, WIZ .au1a o sss.' me.s, !ooA IN
s" Asl.A, a.ou, '.A'an. euso'tomasM' s"o ah-
s.u"s' .0."n appa4s'u" souua"s-"u''
~" ,ans suu -. 1o1' np.t w.. A'u eono provisions, %
., . "!0nou ~ 1sse ,no ou.t 90 nsh' ID poasio,e'
Nlyauas. But when reach camp propose 10
draw correct chart OF tho Ntr.nza. and vr,to
anch mia. u,on tbo ,nror., no,,.,,os1 n" nano
T.,..d ~ ,,,,, Wv ~ "A'o
AMERICAN SURVEY Of THE LAKE.
have already informed 7ou that our camo At
Kagehyl in tIeuknu,a. Ia situntp1 In Iany,t,,,e
az 49, ~ r,t,, 40, .,d ,..;.,'ds H.. a. ss...
~ as ~ sass. asa '''.aue uvs' .! '''.
south. Hefofo starting on tho exploration OF
tito lake. ascettafncd that 1Iuanza Was situated
q few mica went almost On tho same parallel of
lsti,nac a. E,oo,yi Nor Mn,n,, - t,o na.o.
,rbonco sr.Lo ohso,,aa ~ via.o.,s $500 ssa'
"n,'.o et'Ho o,noifsu no ''e'of's NlSaa&a,
ana "Aere 10 drew Lila 1maRlnary skotch OF
tho lake from Information given tu him by
tho uatlyes. II you wilt look at speko.e map
WIN will f,d tb.t n contain, ~, i,,.,,l.
n..-n - ,,,'.,., 1",'I-. ' wv 'o'A"u'
ukerewa and hlazitt. Looking 1t the samo OBJ
Jects from hagehyl would have concluded
that they were Islands mYHetf but faithful
orp,,nt ti,n ri tIo Ia ta lao e.. or.3 .h, .n,u
o1po'asou ". 1ao 'aHo .as pso'e'' 'na' '',oy sse
not ib'tna', hut lengthy pFomontory OF land
extending from longitude J4 deg. 4514 nin. cast
to Longitude % deg. 10 min. Is SEQ, east, Tint
mart Of tba l,kn that Aneko oh.arxod fro,n
,1n.n.. ia ,noro,a ,u,ao .s,I. .,,a,,. e ~
hiuhnAa 20 nos'i5 " nuso gull apcus 20
Lake Niysnza Bpeko Loyalty added that OF
ylc,oria. "a trlbuto to hts Govoro,rn. u,,jo, lot
no man tako away but IN order to connaot fars
oyor HueEa's natns 70 TIN lnke rhfch I,o 1s.
coye,ed, have thouabt il b,,t simrIc ,nstIcs ~
TIM uajiant e1piorsr In c,il tbis mosna. cnly
Snofn Isnlf. II von laok nr"n ~ Sn.Sa:. H..
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