, 1875-12-21

lv4rfH those OF tho ro1tugneso and that Of Dr.,
LivingRtouo. 1Eo tsayorsod wilderness III
% loot. 1Ho IL % conRoOfor tEst nano nc must hencs-
forth bo applied to the Lnnlabn-proaontNd OBJ
atacloa To exploration which hal dofoatod over?
effort to ASCEND tho ryoF from tho expedition OF
yonr a9o. Cameron had to forco hs way through
iribos OF sayagea who hal repeatedly shown dur
Ing moro than half a century their hoatilfty to
E'lropeann. lie lad to pass rapids which had
encounter tho deadly malaria Of the Weat Coast
lovlnntls. Ills success Is little 1eBa thau mira
Gle, and II givcs to him at once tho first rank
among African o1plorerR. 1'y virtue OF 50 hplcf,-
Spekc, nnd 1}aker and he has not left Stanley
work enough W do to make him poaathio rival
in tho field Of geographical discovery.
cnmoron'a e1p|orationa havo now do1nou-
piIera Ind deninnbtFated Theoretically, that tho
Luaaba il tho Congo, and not tho Milo: lIe has
rendered 1t unnecessary for Btnnicy to nscertain
w!iatLor OF not she Luhlaba ilowa into the Abort
know whethor Ltv'ugatone'B hypothetical Lake
knrno1ondn llas Gny exfsteHce aaye In tho imax-
inat1on of LivlngHtone's natvo 1nformnntst hHl
whether tho Wcss lualaba, which has no lIettnr
map. ie an actual or All Imaginary river: 1t u
quito probable that Cameron has passed through
tho country of tho dwarfs, for 6ohwoipfurth
gives uB rcason to RuppoHn that tho little folkH
Doubtless ls has met with other and equally
strange raceH OF mon. The atorioA Of tribca Of
African dwatfa, ami Of saYaRoa With tais, have
bnon scoGod at BY anthropo!oH'ats over slnco
TO believe ANYTHING contrary to their pernonal
experience. hut wo now know that tho story Of
tho dwarf nntton waa tE1so, and 1t Is not Abao-
lutely impossible that Cameron may l,aye found
that tho story of the people With tab las somc
foundation IN fact.
The fold Ut African exploration which, twpu-
IT, iiso yoars ago, was 40 vast mud 10 alurlug, Ia
now roauced to narrow limits. There nEo but
two problems loft for pollution. We hRvo yot to
know whether Tanganylka con!1ecta with the
Albert Lnkc. md 10 discover tho mouth Of
Hchwonfurth'a Welo. The unexplained full
poss OF wator In Like Albert. and the steady sot
facta which it III orroeaingly difficult 10 explain,
except on thn supposltio, that tho lattcr lako
discharges into tito former. That u part Of tho
| watora Of TangAnyika flow through tho Lukrea,
certain tInt tho lake liaa mouths and liz princl-
| l,ai outlet as tho north. Cameron found tbs
current in tito Lukuga 10 slight AZ to be hardly
| percoptbc, and 1t lnay bo that Tanganyikn only
iit,ds IN outlet In that direction ut high wator-
| just az Lako 1tasca, tho roal outlet OF Which is
tho 3liRaiBaippi, tows over into tho Red Aver Of
| tho North during tho spring froshots. This
| question has, probably, before this timo, baan
finally Bet Mt reAt by Stanley. aud, In rase tho
lattor loarn Of tho aucccss OF Canetuu before ho
| uudsrtnkcs-aH was hB original pnrrose-to d.
scond tho Luaaba, it IL moro than probable tint
he will turn Lis attention to the Mcllo aud iln!eh
the final tank OF African exploration, by dcacond-
| lux that mysterious river TO It's mouth. II le
does 30, vouture to predict that tito Welle will
provo 10 ba not tho Sllary. nj Schweinfnrth i'm
ngincs, but tie OEowai, aud 1t IL earnestly To be
| hoped that btaniey's eftolts will 10 turned In
Tint direction In timo to aavo him from tho now
uBclesn iisk Of following tho path tlat Cameron
has explored.
Owing to various circumstances, Cameron ru,-