, 1876-01-28
He Takes Loave Of the Monarch, and
Starts for Usuvuma and tho
South,
Royal Naval lEon0rs 10 the American E1.
plorcr.-.A Cruise In the "I.ady
Alice"
Lieut.. 0ameron's March Geographical Dis.
co7criea and Alleged Commercial
Possibilities.

l0oFH%ttIE fthtf ~ mug AAtEGa ~@hAhAis Ai4A
hts meeting tI,ero with a1r. ssaaloy. Tha docu-
Enent llas double interest, botl, ~ giving veil
nigh tho latest Intelligence At prcsent to hand
from tic Joint Commissioner Ut tho New York
Herald and Daily telegraph, and also AZ coptasn-
Ing -togetLcc With sofns admirably vivid
sketches Of tho country and roople-tho Inst
written worda of a youug and ult,st 1ro,lsg.ng
officer. wlobe loss has been deeply 1epors,l by
Col Gordon and tho khediye. Wc, therefore,
tho Official nttog III FHll:
sTANLEy LEAyEu KIan MTEeA'a CAPITAL foR
UAuvrMA.
CoASna. Thnrtday, April Ii. 1a75.-Mr. Stan.
10y in leaving Na III order to accomplish the work
vi EXPLORING the Western sido Of tn like, thoro-
after intenuing to tetAtn to Uaiyuna to rick up
had arranged to accompany him ~ far III Uso-
SGra, lilo puint of etnbarkat,on in Sluruhieon
Lay. We start together, therefore. thia moi1,-
lug. hnvipg Iont ono Of my mules to my friend,
aud ordered tco Of my Bo|dlerR to escort us.
ON THE wAy-MAdstF,cEST HGEhEEy.
No couitnanco tho journey by rouadinE the
hill upon which Ills Majesty resides, aud then
bend our steps aouthwaid with eliyht eaase1ly
inclination. AL tho uay along our routo wo SEQ
gardens luzurant with tho banaua and sweet
potato. Ne hnvo to CROSS a canat, tutn which
all tho mud In tho country appears 10 hhYo
gathered. It hts breadth Of 10 metrcs 1t the
p0lnt wAere wo croEs, h1ld thoEe ia = bridge Of
ronHl-ctt logs nnd branches thrown over it
tut. though People on fout may find tho phtsage
rondere1 Gas,cr BY this construction, it is badly
adapted TO oHt lnnleH which Ions thcir balanco
Oil the hmooth aud shifting trunks with Tho re-
suit Of pitching into tho mud ald wattr. How
ever, nc manage TO haul them OFT ard TO get
ourselves over, and then. altar two hours march,
we climb bill with stuep incline. Tic rond IL
boedcrod OH both sides by lmpenetrabte thiclets.
tho hiding. place Of leoparda and hTcn1s. whrre
certainly no ono IL iikoiy to ,uteffcre much NTH
the d1gcstion Of their prey. Arrived at the top
Of this emincnce, tho beautiful view makcn us
quickly forget all tho fatigueB OF tho ascent.
Under our foes
THE aAoN111cEsr LAKE
stretches out. stRrkIipg iks a cloth Of ailver;
nlmorouR Creeu Islands. aottly rounded and
idcntod, shut In tie bay with gards ~ Of en-
erAltlH; w!1ilo along the Blloro aro maases Of
darker green dotted about thcae being groves of
hugo timber trees, which bathe their roots and
branches in tile floal aud limpid HayoctH uf the
Victoria. Eastward a H!Iyery ribbon hurFloa to
Ioae itBoIf In the lake-thnt is tho canal which
We haye lately crosscd. Tho ecano Ia cnchHnt-
Ing, absorbing tho heart naret swell with p1eaH.
lre within tbs breast Of any admircF OF natural
beauty rho gazes upon II. We feel keen do
sjro 10 dcaeend And approach, uearcr to this
lovely coaBt whose chatms raSlhl III, aud after
quick advance of less than an hour. the rirples
Of tho quiet NiyanzR Ara breaking at o,!r fac:.
TEMPERANCE AND PATRIOTISM.
EyerYbod, ntoopH to drink OF tho caar water,
mud Ar. Stanley and l toast our respective coun-
tries in tho refreshing liquid.
STANLEY DAPrixEs noELETAnD.
VIC ara hero at UboSRra, hunting station OF
King Mtesa, who frequently repairs to tho apot
10 ordor to exercise hia shooting powers ur,on
the croeodtes. Numboflcss lluta nnu gardens
APPEAR around uB. aud stnong tlIein His Majesty
haa T. shooting buk " which coYcrs al atoa OF
several kilomot1cs.
Thcso III broad approach. which Tr. Btanlcy
cl,ristcns tho Ayonue der Champs ElYAuea,"' /"
lined on each stds by tue dwellings, OF tho ltoyal
Euarda nnd 1t loada to tho Kings hboie. This
app1oauh is about mile In lohgth, MtesAH lodge
turning out to bo co'!octlon Ut huts, EACH en-
circlnl hy fence, Mhlle all around arc scattered
tho lodgings for his eseort.
THE nHYAL DHELL1H0.
Certainly. to Judge by tho precautions hnre
displayed for tho 1ioyh! security. Ills Majesty
Kings premises ,ninutels. tor there is uoboaY
about, not oven watchman, aud no tako pas
sobaion for timo Of tho bost Of tho !Iuts ro-
served for tho loyal suite whcn Mtesa comes to
Usoyar&.
A noYAr. SQUADRON Fon THE rkR or THE AMERICAN
alr. Stanley hsi heon promised by tho King
tho llse OF thirty canoes 70 accompany hin to
the Usnvuna, aud to bring back to uaovara hin
expedition and equipments. The High Admiral
Of Uganda In person is to accompany them
but 1t IL already 4 o'clock, aud wo see uoth-
lng either Of the tleot or the Official,
DOMESTIC anIEf 70 THE NATIVE AnM1HAL.
News presently arrives that tho delay IL caused
by a sad domestic calamity that hRB botalleu tho
CllDf OF tue lk4INk H&TJ+ Alu IL su|uh Otll ku4t,
having arrived overnight uear Usoyarn with ul
his female establishments tho Admiral has lad
MI hin wiveB fetched back bs ordor Of tho King,
Ills hl.}os.y declaring that 1t w.s highly irrcIa.
lar to make pleasure party Of that which was
intended ~ nnhtscr OF important service.
Tomorrow, they Hsy, all will bo In readiness.
pnoMEHApE AND OBSERVATIONS.
slr. Stanley aud ]. devote ourselves accord
ingly to = pronspnade aloug tho lako, iu tlls
cot,rse Of which no bol.old Wi.h admiration
enormous treea. that nigh. afford ca.or with
their thick shade to GOO paopls at once. parasit
tcaI p1snts climb over tho trunks and branclles
Ut theso Iltans of tho forest, aud, ii you make
au incsion into tho bark or roots. thero e1udes
a rssnous gum which appears very emilar to
tue "n.aHlio !" that tho CAiso wouleu chow.
The soil At tho adgo Of tho lake is mineral
lctr,tue rjol In oxide Ut iron, aud upon II growa
closely thick aud soft nory OF ya!uwlHh green,
cptu,,t,BtnQ carpet III ngrbcAbto to tito eve ~ t1
tho foot,
RECOMMENDATIONS n,+p,xn rup MONT.
En,n.y anr;i IN fn7f, NV brt, lnst nirhk left
mnei, to dea,rs,' Il vas mais Of ,l,y urass' viii
n hsr NJ ,,ntatoe. far tia nIow. Huch vna nv
rnnio ooi,oi, fns - III imtnrdod n rcttrs