The New York herald., 1876-01-03
CAMERON AT LOANDA.

THE WEST coAsr-HIs TRAVEL FROM UJ1J
IN l874-oooD SERVICE IN THE CAUSE Oh
scIENcE-sT lSLEYs MISSION ASD WORK.
(Fron the London Telegraph, Dec III
Intelligence has been received which announcet
the safety Of one of the gallant among African
explorers; for Lieutenant Cameron, who had nevel
been seen ard or sincehe Quilted ujji in May
ls74 Is now reported to have arrived at LoandA OF
the coast oi tho continent with hity-seven fol
lowers ''ul the party being wen and their arduoua
undertaking having been successful - Every geogra.
pher will rejoice beyond at this happy reap
pearanco OF the brave young officer, over
whose fate tlcre hung gloomy cloud
of doubt ever since lost sight OF him yeaI
and eight months ago. His family and friends will
have the glad sympathy OF the country at this
news SO reassurng for them and we believe that II
comes Just In time tighten some gentle hearts which
Amos, sinking with the weight Of hope de
ferred" AS long as March in this year
CLEMENTS MARKHAM
read at the mee Of the Royal Geographical Society;
paper the Interesting explorations which tho
gallant oflcer had made upon Lake Tanganyka; but
the diaries from which the facts Of that paper were
taken already ten months old and the only
further information The accomplished Secretary could
give included 10 the following words. Mr. Mark
ham said:-
Lieutenant Cameron has done valuable distin-
gulshed service t9 seographea seenee In my opinion be
sS illness or haT.hppS and Admirably adapted. by
bis '' tact and adness for the lnanasemens Il
natives hope o concurrence in this view He has
tempting to achieve OF dffcus
and he NAV be resored 10 MS country anS
his friends tuk be the sincere and hearty wish OF
geographer
Yet the lapse of time without any tidngs Of the
young traveller even then very depressing,
pecally he Known 70 have suffered greatly from
Illness and ulcerated d feet
Tnr rREsI DENr q, rur ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
observed sadly on the same OCCASION
UJu and he has ound that the Lualaba was the Congo
he ought BY this me 70 have reached Inc aeisla Fa,s
whereabouts may ~ e<Pseted i j. satislasior TO know
instructions 20 81 ne naval and consular osers on the
west coast o A to 9Ss out or nn and 70 endeavor % is
from the interior they him they directed
sSs pSsd f and assDlsel aiSS snd MN "'n
ANOTHER Tt. OsHs HAVE PASSED,
and neither Stany any traveller trader hat
been able send any CLEAN OF good news about the
unseen explorer, when suddenly, tho way with
African intelligence, this welcome message arrives and
Cameron turns up. safe, sound, and doubt full OF
and lights, on the west coast, being the
only Engltshman except Dr. Livingstone, who ever
crossed the African continent from sea TO sea- Tho
bare fact that he thus back into cognizanco
upon the Atlant saore is, indeed enough to make il
certain that he nst have some Interesting matter in
store for geogra lers His intention known te
be to strike aci the country from Tanganyiks
TO Nyangwe, urthcst northerly point upon
the Lualaba oh LIVINGSTONE reached, and
thence track IA splendid stream by boat or along
n
Niyanza toward tie Me or else westward TO form,
perhaps the Congo This problem individually
OF the most fascinating and important remaining 10 be
solved II Lieuic amt Came had found the magnif-
cent river Grs mapped by Livingstone running either
northward or ard, such an announcements coupled
with the discovery by Stanley OF the southernmosi
fountain oil the sac the west, must have rendered
the present year memorable for in the annals o.
geographical exploration.
TIE LAsT wogDs rKNED BY LIVINGSTONE
about this myster channel which lac revealed "a
science ran as follows
down good look the Lgalaba here L
s narrGSsr We than u snsr up but stn mighty river At
waded at point at any time OF the year the people
you'd ssGarsSy be y s.' many large ISLANDS: T and =,
steep and DEEP ihl e m cay ana yeow eay sehst IN tne
structure The eef rvers As tne aya ana kunoa have
away TO the north.
TO NORTH WAY TO FEED rnE NILE,
the good Doctor believed that the Lualaba hualy RAM
but he felt quite certain OF this and tho
size Of this lacustrine river naturally made geog-
raphers think of the mighty volume OF the
Zaire or Congo. which, running forth between
Loango and Loanda, With a bed hun
mass which makes the pasives Of the coast cali n "The
Mother OF Waters, seemed inexpcable unless fed by
the lakes and rainfall of the Manuyema country But
then whence did great branch, the Casai River,
como, and how It that the Lualaba was last seen
running northward so mucn nearer the Equator than
Is the mouth OF the Congof All that we have Cleaned
about this great OF the Zaire Tuckey's
time is but little Grundy and many others have at
tackled the prob EN- from the sea; all exped-
tons stopped by the natives the climate
the yciiddS Is cataracts are called. Beyond these
fails and RAPIDS il was reported indeed TO widen out
to two three and four miles, showing in places
the prodigious depth we have mentioned but
whether this vast afiuent drained the chain Of
lakes described by Livingstone or flowed from sepa
source, was point over which hundred enthus
astic geographers dad battle hurting attudes and Ion
gudes al each other IN hail OF attitudes aud observa
We'll might the problem ere the ambition of any
traveller 10 deeds OF daring, and
STANLEY DESIGNS
70 attack it he has settled the Victoria and
ganykas outlet eonecturaly declared by Cameron to
be the Lukuga The FIRST impression upon hnding tho
Lieutenant arrived al Loanda would naturally have
been that he had followed the Luaaba into the Congo,
and thus solved great problem. But this unfor-
tunatey the HIS telegram to the President OF
Of the Royal Geographical Society runs thus
Turned up all forced by adverse circumstances
abandon Congo route beds between
ZAmbeE and Congo
The following
MESSAGE
has also been teerraphed by Her haiesty's Consul
Hopkins Loanda the Foreign ONCE, where IL
received yesterday
Gnr1 M and o 6s e Sev.mbe1
Game out At Benquela. all we'll
It's therefore doubtful whether the Lieutenant has.
anything sure and certain to tell about the chief
problem Of
He seems TO have obliged 10 give up Nyangwe
and the Luaaba altogether aud to have struck
the aud far TO the south Had IL been otherwise he
would assuredly have teegraphed the great which
he boped 70 prove 3nd the absence Of aay such
mont gives cause leaf that though he has and
done much be has missed the grand prize which lay
omen and missed u. doubt, from circumstances i'm
posssbe control for t needs better proof Of
ago and capacity than the journey thus accomplished
between the Zanbez and Loanda TO show OF what
stun Cameron Is made. His safety is In all and any
events a subject Of the utmost Satisfaction and Il ls
quite clear that he must have much 10 relate, even
though now appeArs he has been obliged 10 leave
the main question 10 some other explorer.
must seemingly have crossed the Cassai branch
Of the Congo about which all particulars would well
come, and for every reason the arrival bis nativo
land Of the gallant officer which Is likely occur in
January will be hailed with interest and expeca-
ton IL is however, too probable that must not
count upon the settlement OF the Congo question from
this adventurous and prolonged journey, although ~
may cast indirect light upon H. and tell facts
about the southern country traversed already in