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fssd am so much interested to-day IN d letter,
received nom a far.off friend that I, have,
agiven but little attention u the Exhibition.
: You will pardon me when you: know who
the friend 81 His name rs Stanley, and he,
II still dofng yeofnan service lii the cause OF
African expio ration, thanks to The shbetali.
| ty or those two great papers atth New York,
4 Herald and the iLondon 'IetegTdpk land To-
l hisiox ID inaomitabIe, plaek,1 feel enthSsi
i agttcabeutItib man. WHO, atl AM agc when
most men are beginning fife, Has done 80
. many fine arid heroic things, and has made
= such rapid progress Id self-inst ructioR.. lie
) hhs even found tanne' while iii tie African
1wisds to study science, andf fit Himself for
great deeds to come. He will. not perish;
the cftsest are allowed to STRIVE; and
70 accomplish their work. The letter
came pia Brindisi, and Is. dated May i9th, -,
:: can he mean May 10Th of this year at the
village OF Kagehyi, Lake Victoria Siyanza.;
Stanley In THIS pleasant 'inissive, which bears
inn, NJ n6yenfyTr0nS
4 character, gives aiplain, familiar statement
, Of his perfis and battles by the way and OF
his present surroundings presume some
OF the details have been published butmost
OF them must be new, 1T will be observed
! that the explorer makes no reference to the
condition OF his health, SO that it is TO- be
presumed that he is well, 7 give such por-
lions Of the letter, which Is quite long, as
think will interest the general pnbhes They
show what American yator and genlrls Tor
exploration nrc. achieving IN the d" lost
lands >, while wc are celebrating that which
we have accomplished in our petty one huns
dred years. Mr.. Stanley writes: '., :, :
; Knapehyi is Struggling village Of como
ht,ts, twenty or thirty in number, which are
: built somewhat in the form Of q circle,
2hedged round by n fence Of thorn twisted
L between upright stakes. Sketch such Q vii
lnge in your Imagination, aud let the centre
of it be dotted here and there with the forms
of killings who prank it with the Tivacity
OF killings under hot, glowing sun. Let
couple OF warriors and few round-bellief
children be seen among them, and near a
tall hut. which il the chiefs, plant O taller
tree, under whose shade sit lew. elders in
council with their chief. So much for the
village. + am sure you will know it
IL YOU cOnaei this; way. /, Now, outside
the village, ra yet touching the fence
begin to draw the, form OF a square camp,
about fifty yards square, each side fiankcd'
with low, square huts, under the caves OF
which place as mary figures OF men as you
please-for we have maryland you have
the camp OF the Anglo-American eNpedl-
ton commanded by your friend and hum
BILE servant From the centre OF the camp
ton OF it have called Spoke Gulf, and
twenty-five miles distant you may see table
topped Magita, the large island OF Ukerave,
and toward the northeast clear horizon,
with nothing between water and SKY to mar
its level The surface OF the lake, which
approaches to within one hundred yards OF
the camp, is much ,ruffled just at present
with northwest breeze, and though the
sun is glowing hot under, the shade 1t is
agreeable enough, so that nobody persplres
or is troubled with the heat. You must I'M
tween New York and Central African heat.
Yours is n sweltering heat, begettipg Lam
g,lor and thirst; ours is dry heat, permit
ting activity and action without thirst or
Precipitation. II we exposed ourselves to
the sun we would feel quite rs though we
were being baked. -...-....,-...,...-
Come With me to my lodgings now. I
lodge in hut but: little inferior in size to
the chief'sc In it is stored the luggage OF
the expedition, which fills one half. 1t Is
about six tons in. weight, and consists OF
cloth, beads, wire, shells, ammunition, pow
der-barrels, portmanteaus, iron trunks, pho
tocraphic apparatus, scientific instruments,
pontoons, sections Of boats, &c, &c. The
other half of the hut is my sleeping, din
ing and ballroom. 1t is as dark as pitch
within, for light cannot penetrate the mud
with which the wood work is literally
daubed The floor is Of dried mud, thickly
covered with dust, which breeds tleas and
other yermn, to- be plague to me and
to my poor dogs. l have four youthful
Mercuries, Of ebon color, attending Inc, who
on the march carry my personal weapons OF
offence ! do not need so many servants to
wait OH me, but such is their pleasure. They
find their reward in the liberal leavings OF
the table. Did they not minister to ME they
know they would have to subsist on their
rations, and black youths have such capaci-
ty of distension in their stomachs that would
shame the verieSt glutton in Europe. Ii I
have goat killed for the European mess
half of it sufhces for two days for us. When
1t becomes slightly tainted my Mercuries
will beg it and devour it at single sitting.
Just outside OF the door OF my hut are about
two dozen Of my men, squatted in circle
and stringing beads. 4 necklace OF beads
is each mans daily sum wherewith to buy
food. have now little over one hundred
and sixty men. Imagine one hundred and
sixty necklaces given for food each day forth
last three months; in the aggregate the sum
amounts to 14,400 necklaces; in year it
will amount to 5S,400 necklaces. A neck
lace Of ordinary beads is cheap enough In
the States, but the expense OF carriage
makes necklace here equal to about TWEEN.
ty-tve cents in value. For O necklace can
buy chicken, OF peck OF sweet potatoes,
or half peck OF grain. ] left the coast with
about 10000 yards Of cloth, which, in the
States, would be worth about twelve and
half cents per yard, or altogether about
$1,000: the expense OF porterage as fur as
this lake makes each yard worth about nifty
cents. Two yards OF cloth will purchase
goat or sheep; thirty yards will purchase
an OK; fifteen yards Is enough to purchase
u days rations for the entire caravan. i
These are few OF the particulars OF our
more domestic affairs. The expedition Is
now divided into eight squads OF twenty
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