, 1875-11-10

n ny DAnvll'es OF e1ctading everything that wa
not certain s''ose tno Iaker welt omit,ad in III
tut"'n rnAps and when ra,,sscuyered a rc,,t,tr,
n,aof"afd ~ by sroko and baker, llad boen forgot
Ho have then the stntomont Of pto,smy TIM
sne nilo rises III u1arnfio8 formed bT strrnrna In
"sonalhR from what llo calls Tho Mountajns q
r"por p pt tha, "t IT,. tue ,t.to by ' carto
lying noRriy parallel to eaclI other. fron Viii
W w. issnotest bF4no!i Of the rivsr, ths Witt
ZIG. Mto. HoWa. Wc hsyo asa tho opinion of the mix
a.s. syd Hfsnt that To tna.sy and woody land.
niv ,t sno nonsneast NJ The Victoria Nlyanzn sup
py nc "asor which flaws into IT, and tIIst ti,a,s
tnaafnhos n aso fed by streams ,lescooitng Ham
atIo1H.V ~ hshiA and tta vicinity Tho tufornat;on
-, .ta 1a"iuio.ua IN That tho fountains of tho Nil
co,icai u@a .nns ,nalEoe'' 1.-TWO hills with sharp
tnc!n W tho bcIi1e who gave tho information TO
lbloHotaa Ia much farther duwu tic tiyef. [
may Al also That tho lato Dr. I,aker, a,. Afrca,,
srI9 so orin,an a,d as'tngahed geographeF wea Of
i mann and Krspf had. In Ktftrnanyaro ant! Kenis
Suu tfia mountain rangD cnpl.9ctcd with ti1utn
n'aeoyered Ptocmy's Mountains OF lilo 3Ioou.
"har Hn,x TIE m hfxson''frA'nEn y LErIxa NAY REVEAL
eoynrlcs, Nr, slaaIaya 'ilrst letter detailing hs
a1nlotati"1 alnng tho aaa.ern sboros Of tic Vic.
eor'a Niyahzs has pot yet boon received in tl,is
ennntrs; th9 French officer to whom # wan In
1nan found, aod 70 shall ots lonR know ita con.
tentH. What nc have Ate Ais aocoud Iettnr n,'I
hln ap. which are sufficient for my present mr..
gGoo9n eG1s; Thoy sut";., soT thas h Ill., 1a5So .or
length flows into snokoa 3uIt al tlIo ronti,easta
crn end Of the vicsoria Niyauza tLst it il tho
chief atltnont Of tho 1hke, and that aevar
s'I;a nsars H.; nos into tho ,lakc on its eastern
axtonla from Uchamb,, on On the hy soat,, su,nh'fy y
the Lake, to the eastern extremity OF B,,ekn's
Nas!, TAen complete change occlsts tho lind
suddenly .t. e'nking doTn into flat, marAhy colu
81. ,y WIN .so indication tut apekas Gui form
atiY aatehued many miles tn!and.-ths narsby
country being drained ay powerful atrea,n. III
hrhahh. h. Which einptes into Spekes Gulf Tim,
follows along the eaa,crn shore a stcrtlo ranrn
o nasaad a aeIoa o. yegatson; that after
hsana ol which no founl Law, barrel piaips az.
tending far inland With au fmproxaon
on hts part that great plain or aorios
m bo p'ana tnn n,o,s bound the lsko country east,
With wator., When ho asked .he nstlyes s,stsd what
lay beyond tho immediate Iako isnds tnc
anhwer was, Only pialns." Again, porthnsrti
ne passed low fat, and wooded diasricta nntil ho
liver dort. which swo|a In tho rainy season tn n
seat breadth and dcpsh and loaruod that far east
lor twenty days march tho country IL coutil.
aona p!a1t. where no atream GUNS nortl, but all
No" u" ,ha t'n shs Victoria Nyanzs Upon approach
,assinf ,;'s tho island OF Ugingo. no camo to
IaEautlc mountains, along tho base Of which tho
MIC vessel sailed. aud beyond this all tLat yas
sen "as low, 1at, wooded country to tEa
quator aud ~ Tho northeast ohd Of tae lake tEa
ana vas aat through which river flowed lnto
j.; .i3;pear1FYISu THE MouHrA!ys or TIE MOON.
Ihis P1plotation 1ndcatoa I'm my opinion TIM
md mentiohed by Or. Krapf, and tint liz
aotntain roE1ons east nod Boutheast OF it from
'en1e 70 X llnRntaro, are, ~ Or. Hokn ann
osed, ptolemy'a Mountains Of tho Moon, en'I-
lg Tith hillmantaro, tho Silver Mountain known
Aristotle. It further indicates tbat Htantav
as @ como upon tho real aud ultimate sol1co of
10 Nile, but dhinaon upon that subject ,nuut he
1speudod until ho hAa cxplorod the eoutharn
1orss OF the Albert Niynnza. The discovery ~
10 source Of tue Milo has been so frequently A.
lmed that Il IL scarcely hafe To conjecture r1.f,o
1ytp'ng Temains une1poEod ahicli ia essential
ANLEH Az vzR1TE1 OF AR1sroT1<1 Am
.... FTOLEMY.
l cannot, however, restst tho conviction that I
auloy las Reached tho source, and That II ia
and to correspond With What Aristotle md :
olamy stated Easpsoting it. II tlis ahould Az
1ppreioud 1t will, pr1se to b0 tho fact, tan IL
nssrateB tho difficulties that attend tho aconi- :
Ion OF geographical knowledge by showing
At our modern explorations and discoyerins Q
vo only Votlaod whht Was known 1000 yosra =
q, ' 1 +