, 1875-12-01

ratio paljaa,lcs and clroainr COURTS hetunou
which mud tho eiLy Vas u circular road, ranging
from, 101 to = y fcot IN width, from which fadt-
atcl FIX or sssnn magnificent avenura linel |
with gatlons nn.l hue, |
ArrmE rAtacr ~ STATE.
Tho no<t day after arrisai sas introduced to
tho ftnynl Palace in great slnlo, None uf tho |
primitive rcencr visible In Hprko'A boot |
woro visible hero. r!o E.1arls. clothed |
in white cott,n drcsscB, wcrs by no
maan somlca The chlots were En, vG,y Or respect
ooalnmo. Tho palace wah hugo and lofty
Btruetulo, wolt built OF grass and caDo. whfc tai
trunks OF trnoa uphold tho rouf, whch waB COW
cred With clo.h-shcotuR inAe.
THE ElYFltAS ENVOY.
On tho fourth dnv nftet my arrival newH chnoo
that annt1lor white man was app oarhinE Tho
Capital from The !lrretou Of unyoso. and on tho
greeting Col. Ltnant'. do Bellofonla, nj
tho Egyptian forylco, WHO lad been dis
patched by Col. Gordon to Aitcsa. to make a treaty
OF commerce katwoon HIM aud tho Egyptian
1ovcsnmont.. Thu meeting, though not ~ Ok
citing as my former mcctlue With tho venerable
David 1,siugs onc. At UJiil, In Noyombar, 1871.
still mnY DO said to bo Hngular aud fortunate
for all concerned. In Col. DoIlotonas met a
gentleman extronely vol informed, energetic
and q 8reat traveller. llia knowlcd9o OF the
oountrios botucen Uganda and KhArtoum was
i,oat minnto and sccnrnto, from which cou-
clisdo that but little Of tho geography Of CeHtsal
Africa botwoen the cataracts Of tho Nils mud
Uganda Is unknown. 10 which stoso Of val-
table geographical acquisitions must now be
addeu my o1plol alton Of tho Nile aonrcee, which
pour into tho NiE ANA and the Unyanyumbo road:
IN Col. Bellofonds also perceived Ereat good
fortune. for no" bad tho menns to dlepatoh nv
roports, Of geographical discoveries and my long
delayed letters.
THE FUTURE.
Tho day After Tomorrow intend to return to
J1at1IJ1r n RI.
searches along tho Western shore OF tho Victoria
NiyanzA. After which propose TO mArctl tho
expedition to the Katonga Vnley, and thoncc,
aftcr another visit to MtoBa, march directly Woss
| With romo more Of tho gallant subordinatea OF
| Col. Gordon. by whom shall be Able, through
their courtesy, to send several more letters do
sps sSt ct n'oe.s ana tn st'sp
'o Service rssd.rsa p' to ne seenee xs' .ua
the world by Istnaol pasha, but timo will not al
I ssy BY w ihs limo S YOU h.ve had s@pc psoois pr Of
what has been done BY Gurdon. DAker, unfor-
tunatoiy, apponrB to ba tn bad odos With all l
meet. Ills severity and ether acts receive uul-
versAl condemnation, bnt far bo II from mo 10
add to tho i'll report md 10 loave what hAyo
| heard untold.
| srEkE n1anr-Lv1xas7oNE WRONG.
| Theu, briefly, thus much remains to be said.
Itrin9btone, IN hA rapport OF tho Niyanza
cous,stiug Of i've 1akes, MSS wrong. Slckc.
in his athtemont that tho Niyanza vas but
QUO lake, waa quito correct. But believe
that cast OF ths NiyanEa. or rather north.
cast Of tho ,Niyanza, tliero arc oslcr lakes,
thoush ihoy havo no connection uhatevor with
tho Niyanza nor do suppose they arc ot any
great magnitude or oxtend south OF The
Equator. II you ask mo why, can only
aver that In nv opinion tho rivers outoring tho
Niyanza on tho northeastern shore do not Auf-
tictently drain tue vast area OF country lying be-
twcen the Niyanza and tho ,westera yersant Of
tho Eastern African mountain range. From tho
volume OF tho ktyauza feeders on the norIh-
eastcrn side l cannot th,l,k that they
o1topd further ,hhn Longitude 8B uegreca
east, which leaves a largo trnet OF
country cant to bo drained ov otnor means
than tho Niyanza.. Bat this sneans may worry
ptphsbfy be the Tub, which emptleH ita whtors III.
10 tho Indian Ocean. Tie 8oblt cannot possibly
approkcn nesr tho Equator. This. however. will
DO declded definitely by Gordon'a oi'cers. Col.
Dollsfonds informs me that tho Assua. or Asba,
| ih = nero torrent.
! When you soe ny chart. vhch viii trace tho
courso OF tho Lualnbc1I aud tho ShimoeyE, tho
southeast countries OF the k!yanza, you will 10
better able to judge Of their Importance and
maeuituds as SOURCES Of ths Milo. I o1pock 10
discovor considerable river southwest; but ali
OF this viii be beat told In ny noxt letter.
r. 81 had almost forgotten to stsse that lhe
grcatost dopth OF tho Nlyauza, a. yet ascesalnea
by mo, Ia 27b feet. hnve not ycs sounded tho
c0ntr0 Oh tlO laKt tl'h llttlla u W VI NY lG-
| turn to lklkum& south.
RELIGION Ar COURT.
MrEsAs CAr1rAt4 UGANDA, April II. 1S75.-1
had almost neg'octel 10 inform you and your
win Mesa, which viii gtaufy many phl4u.
thsopio Eu.opean and American.
havo already told you that Mtosa aud tho
whole OF his Court profczs Hla1niHnl. 4 long
Abluliah (tho only Arab WHO ronanod WITH mo
| th1co yeara ago, ~ 4 1oarguard, when the Araba
dAgrsootu!iy lied from M.rambo) came TO Ugau-
ta+ lie WIS wealthy, Of nobto descent, lad
brought With h4n many q, rioh presont
Huol ~ tow Arsbs could afford, for
Mtosa. Tho King becnmo immediately fasci.
na,od with him. and rea!Iy teW NhIts men could
beng charmed BY Ills proaenco his handsome,
1ru,ll feAtufes, his riuh olive complexion and
its lbeiRiIty. coufoas | mover saw aa Arab or
btutauln2u who attracted INC Sd much as khAnlH
| lin Ablua1, and It IL no wouder that Mtcsa,
meeting kind,ed spirit tn tho noble Arab Of
Muaca,, amazed at tho magnificent figure, tho
splendor O! hls aNiarol th9 display Of h.a
wollth, aud tue number Of bis elavea, foil IN
loyo with him, Ena,nia stayed with Mtoaa full
full year, during Which time
TIE KIka nEcAMk \ CONVENT TO TAH CREED or
| KiAMtS-
namely. Mohanmedanism,, Thu. Arab olothod
Altaaa In tho boHt that hls wardrobe
offered. lie ghva him gotd-ombroidoEel
Jackets, ftnu whsto sh,rts, crimson slippers.
swords. silk sastea daggers. aud b Esrolyiug
ro. 30 TINT Spokos nnd uraut's pkosoAta Ks0n-
cd quite insignificant.
Untll arrived at Mtesa's Conrt the K,ng do
lighted III tue idea that he waa follower Of
Islam: but by oae couversatlon ha:ter myao't
that havo tuublod tho nswly-ratsed reiiaIots
fupso TO the ground, aud, II IT wero only fol.
loved BY the arrival Of = Christian mns!an here
tho
cosYxRsioN or MrEAA AND HIS COUNT TO ouals-
T.ANlrY
would bo complete. have undermined IslAm-
lam SO much here that MteBa has datornlncd
hepcstortt1, until he il better Informed, to OBJ
aervo tue Chr!at!au sabbath - we'll a. tho Mos.
lem Habpath, And tho great captains have unani-
n3ously consented to It. Ho has uAused tho ten
commandments OF MuGes u be wr'stan Oh a
board for his daily porusai,-aa Mteaa can read
Arabic, ,-ns well u tho Losd's PRAYER and the
golden commandment OF our bav!onr, nThou
| ahalt tnva thv noI1hbot ha khYeAIf." THIS IL