The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-06
uADIUM
JAN. 6. 1875.
STANLr.A IN AFRICA.


STANLr.A IN AFRICA.
when He will Start and the Route
He Will Take-PrObabilfties as to
Discoveries.
Stanley, in letter to the New
York Herald. dated at Zanzibar on
the 18th of November, says:
The East Coast of Africa. from
the mouth of the Juba River to the
mouth of the Roubemna, possesses
hundreds of good starting points
for the unexplored interior; but the
best, for many reasons, is Baga
moyo. The present expedition is
such large and costly one, and
promises SO far to be the best or
ganized and best equipped of any
that ever left the seacost of East
Africa for the purpose of exploration,
that it would have been a great
pity if it were wrecked or ruined
just as it began to set out to fulfill
its mission To guard against the
possibility of total collapse, L
have, after much deiberation, de
cided to start from Bagamoyo, and
proceed some distance along the
we'll known caravan path, so as to
give confidence to my men, and
withdraw them as much as possible
from the temptation to desert, and
then plunge northward into the
Nasal land--a country as yet I'M
trod by white men, and of the state
of which the best informed of us
are totally ignorant It will be a
risky undertaking, but not half so
dangerous as starting for that
country from some unknown sea-
port
My present intention is, then, to
make my way westward to the
Victoria Nyanza and ascertain
whether Spoke or Livingston
hypothesis is correct one-whether
the Victoria Nyanza consists of one
lake or five lakes. All the most
important localities will be fixed by
astronomical observations, and
whether the Victoria Lake consists
of one or many lakes, we shall dis
cover by complete circumnaviga
ton. When this work is finished,
I intend to visit Metesa or Ru
manika, and then cross over to the
Lake Albert Nyanza, and endeavor
to ascertain how far Baker is cor
rect in his bold hypothesis concern
ing it's length and breadth On
this lake expect to meet Gordon
and his party, by whom 1 hope to
be able to send my first reports of
my travels and discoveries since
leaving the Unyanyembe caravan
road
Beyond this point the whole APP
pears to be SO vague and vast that
it is impossible to state at this pc
riod what 1 shall try to do next.
Whether Gordon circumnayigates
the Albert or not, I shall most
certainly do so if I.reach it, and
discover every detail about it to
the best of my ability; but what l
shall do afterward will be best told
after the circumnavigation of the
Albert Nyanza-
What L may discover along this
lengthy march I cannot at present
imagine. / shall be equally pleased
to corroborate either Speke's or
Livingstone hypothesis by actual
personal observation and diligent
exploration / confess to you ]
have no bias either way. I would
Just as soon have the Victoria Lake
one vast sheet of water as l would
have it distributed among five in
significant lakelets; and 7 am quite
ready to corrobelate Baker dream
of a connection between the Tan
ganyika and the Albert, as 1 am to
disprove it, if find after its explor
alton that he is incorrect. / have
no prejudice either way. Sir Sam
uel Bakers grand lake, however, is
in more danger from Gordon than
it is from me; for Gordon ought to
be able, if all has gone well with
him. to give the result of his decis-
ion long, aye, many months, before
can possibly reach the lake. It
is fortunate for me that Gordon
will be able to visit the Albert
before I will, for Baker is SO tena
cious of his opinions that fear it
would be mere weakness of spirit
to attempt to convince him that he
was wrong; for which reason |
should much prefer to be enabled
TO prove that his hypothetical
sketch map of the Albert Nyanza is